Church Windows Smashed in Spiesen-Elversberg

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Saarland
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Julia Schwab from Pixabay

unknown perpetrators destroyed several windows of a Catholic church in Spiesen-Elversberg in the Neunkirchen district.

The perpetrator(s) smashed several glass windows with stones between June 17 and 18. They apparently took the stones from a monument that is near the church.

The police are investigating the case.

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