Satanic Symbol Painted on Church Wall in Innsbruck
Case information
Incident date
Country
Austria
Place
Innsbruck
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Satanist Symbols
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Time/Place/Location
Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Ian on Unsplash
On the night between 3 and 4 February, the wall of the church Petrus Canisius in Innsbruck was smeared with graffiti by an unknown person, showing a symbol of the "Church of Satan". The police is asking the public for useful information to identify the perpetrator.
