Suspected Arson in Parrish Church of Wadgassen

Case information

Incident date: Apr 27, 2020
Country: Germany
Place: Wadgassen
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Arson
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Religious Freedom / Discrimination: Other (text field)
Place of Incident: Church
Bias Indicators: Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police: Unknown
Response of Local Authorities: Unknown

A suspected arson has been prevented when a churchgoer immediately alerted the fire department. Pastor Peter Leick assumes that the fire was arson.

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