During the night of 1 April, the Sainte-Thérèse church in Metz (France) was robbed and damaged. The Sunday morning service the following day was cancelled. The rector filed a complaint.
Symbolic illustration by John Towner on Unsplash
Church closed after robbery and damage
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- France
- Place
- Metz
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Theft
- Place of Incident
- Church
- Bias Indicators
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Yes
- Response of Local Authorities
- Investigated