Catholic Church Vandalized a Week After Board Denied CCTV Permission

Case information
Incident date
Country
Sweden
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Access to Justice or Services

An unknown person threw a rock through the window of the Catholic church in Karlstad a week after the city's administrative board denied permission for the church to install CCTV cameras.

According to the priest, this is the 20th incident since June 2015. The incident was reported to the police.

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