9-Year-Old Tried to Set Fire to Church Repetitive Times
Case information
Incident date
Country
Austria
Place
Schwaz
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Devin Avery on Unsplash
A nine-year-old boy is suspected to have initiated arson attacks in the parish Church in Schwaz on November 5th, 6th and 9th. The objects to be set on fire included a prayer book, notes and boxes. The nine-year-old boy was seen by the police by attempting to light a power cable in the church.
