Case information
Incident date May 2, 2020
Country Austria
Place Graz Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups Islamist Radical Left Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Theft Vandalism (all) Intolerance towards Religious Symbols Religious Freedom / Discrimination Bias Indicators Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Victim/Witness Perception Response of Local Authorities Case information
Incident date May 2, 2020
Country Austria
Place Graz Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups Islamist Radical Left Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Theft Vandalism (all) Intolerance towards Religious Symbols Religious Freedom / Discrimination Bias Indicators Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Victim/Witness Perception Response of Local Authorities Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident. Image credit: Stephan Seeber on Unsplash The recent attack in December to Church St. Andrä in Graz brought questions about the hostility towards churches in Austria. The Minister of the Interior, Karl Nehammer, affirmed that between 2015 to 2019, 4657 crimes have been committed against religious buildings in Austria. In Styria alone, there have been 608 cases of attacks against churches.
Attack to Church St. Andrä: Source Krone
