Swastika Carved Into Evangelical Church Facade

Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Nette
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
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Police opened a criminal investigation after unknown perpetrators etched a Nazi symbol into the wall of a church in Lower Saxony.

Unidentified individuals carved a swastika into the exterior wall of the Evangelical Church in the Bockenem district of Nette between December 12 and December 14, according to the Hildesheim police. The act was classified as vandalism and as the use of symbols of unconstitutional organisations, prompting the Bad Salzdetfurth police to initiate criminal proceedings.

Source: Tixio