Insulting Messages at Parish House

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Nauort
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
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated

Unknown individuals defaced the community house of St John the Baptist Church in Nauort with coloured graffiti and insulting messages, leading police to seek witnesses.

The community house of St John the Baptist Church in Nauort was vandalised between 6 and 8 February. Unknown perpetrators sprayed the side wall with red and green paint and left several insulting phrases and numbers. The incident constituted criminal damage to church property.

Police stated that no information about the offenders was available. Officers opened an investigation and appealed for public assistance. According to the police report, they asked anyone who had observed “suspicious persons or unusual activity in the area of the community house” during the relevant period to contact the responsible station.

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