Four children and one teenager rioted at a Christmas service at Our Lady’s Catholic church in Rheydt close to Mönchengladbach. They entered the service and yelled: „Scheiß-Christen“ (shit Christians). Several news outlets reported that the congregation had identified the youth as young Muslims.
The police did not provide any information on the religion of the perpetrators.
Parish priest Manfred Riethdorf notified the police and sought conversation with the parents. „The abuse of Christians must stopp immediately“, so Pfarrer Manfred Riethdorf.