Arson on Church Grounds Damages Windows

Case information

Incident date: Oct 26, 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Place: Londonderry
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Arson
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Religious Freedom / Discrimination: Other (text field)
Place of Incident: Church
Bias Indicators: Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police: Yes
Response of Local Authorities: Investigated

Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Geoffrey Moffett on Unsplash

On the grounds of a church in Derry, during the night of October 26th, a pile of rubbish was set on fire by unknown vandals causing damage to several windows of the church. The police is investigating.

Sources

Derry Now (opens in a new tab)