Satanist Physically Threatened Parishioners and a Priest in St. Petersburg
Case information
Incident date
Country
Russia
Place
St. Petersburg
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Satanist Symbols
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Physical Violence
Threats
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
Image credit: пресс-служба ГУ Росгвардии по Петербургу и Ленинградской области
On September 6, a young man was arrested by the St. Petersburg police after he tried to enter into the church of the Venerable John of Kronstadt and threaten the parishioners and the priest with a cane. Both times, the parishioners threw him out before finally calling the police.
To the police, the criminal declared himself a "Satanist" and claimed that "the Devil ordered him to kill a priest". He was arrested and later hospitalized.
