Attempted Arson at Saint-Nicolas Church in Fribourg

Case information
Incident date
Country
Switzerland
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)

On March 11th at around 7pm, the cantonal police were called to the scene at Saint-Nicolas in Fribourg, as an employee restrained two individuals who tried to hang a banner in the cathedral. They had also poured gasoline into the stoup to set it on fire.

Source: http://www.lematin.ch/faits-divers/deux-activistes-cathedrale-fribourg/story/18199550