Catholic Nun Physically Attacked on Public Transportation

Case information
Incident date
Country
Austria
Place
Graz
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Islamist
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Physical Violence
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
Place of Incident
  • Public Street
Bias Indicators
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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In Graz, a catholic nun was attacked in a bus by a 19-year-old man from Afghanistan on October 31st. The 76-year-old nun was on a bus, when she was slapped on her ear by the perpetrator, who tried to flee. The slap was so hard that the hearing aid of the woman fell out, fortunately she did not suffer any injuries. The police arrested the man with the help of the surveillance camera footage of the bus.

This has happened among a series of anti-Christian acts in St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Church St. Anton in Vienna during the last days and also echoes the attacks that happened in France the week before in Nice and Lyon.

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