Silver Crucifix Stolen From St.-Lamberti Church

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Oldenburg
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Josh Eckstein on Unsplash

On 23. January, people saw a possible suspect stealing a silver crucifix from the St.-Lamberti Church in Oldenburg. The cross, 45 centimetres high and 30 centimetres wide, had stood in the baptistery, an entrance hall of the Protestant church. Besides the cross nothing else was stolen. The police are investigating.

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