Smashed Window And Attempted Theft in Liebfrauenkirche

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Krefeld
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • 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: Robert Anasch on Unsplash

On November 11th, two men smashed a church window to break into the Liebfrauenkirche in Krefeld. Now two prison sentences have been handed down - a third defendant gets off lightly. They were each sentenced to seven-month prison terms by the local court. The verdict is not final yet.

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