Decapitated statue of Mary

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Wasserburg am Inn
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • No
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Unknown perpetrators have damaged a statue of the Madonna in a chapel in Wasserburg am Inn in Upper Bavaria.

Investigations showed that the figure must have been thrown backwards against the wall with great force. However, the case was not reported to the police. A church member explained that he had decided not to report the incident to the police because it would probably be impossible to identify the perpetrators and the case would probably be dropped in the end.

In 2020, a similar incidnet happened in the region.

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