Altar of Bissendorf church smeared with pentagrams
Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Bissendorf
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Satanist Symbols
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Theft
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Pixabay
On the night of 14 September, unknown persons smeared inscriptions in the form of pentagrams on the altar, pulpit and doors of St Michael's Church in Bissendorf. They also stole a plate with a chalice and a small figure of an angel.
