Church Set On Fire for the Third Time in Hamburg

Case information

Incident date: Dec 21, 2008
Country: Germany
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Vandalism (all)

Offenders set fire to a church; the third one in two months. The sacristy of the church St. Bernard was completely burned out.

Source: http://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article2914333/Brandstiftung-schockiert-katholische-Gemeinde.html