Between 14 and 15 December, unknown persons set fire to the church behind the large chapel on Büscherweg, Kierspe, damaging the back wall of the church.
Source: Lokal Direkt
Vandals damage church wall with fire
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- Germany
- Place
- Kierspe
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Arson
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Church
- 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