Three Meter Cross is Set on Fire in a Parish House in Ludwigshafen
Case information
Incident date
Country
Germany
Place
Ludwigshafen
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Arson
Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
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: Greg Rosenke on Unsplash
Between Monday 4th May and Tuesday 5th May, unknown individuals set fire to a wooden cross in the courtyard of the parish house of the Catholic parish of Edith-Stein in Ludwigshafen. The cross was three meters high, which was completely burnt and caused damage of around 200 Euro. The police started the investigations.
