Satanist tags on three churches

Case information
Incident date
Country
Ukraine
Place
Ternopol
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Satanist Symbols
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
Image credit: News Telegraf

On the night of 26 October, three churches in Ternopol, Ukraine, were covered with Satanist tags, most of which read "666".

The vandals targeted the churches of Saint-Pierre, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Michel - the latter belonging to the uniates of oriental rite. An investigation was opened and the authorities condemned these acts of vandalism.

Source: News Telegraf