Youth disturb concert in Cathedral shouting "Allah Akbar"

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Metz
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Islamist
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Other (text field)
  • Insult or Incitement
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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On Sunday, April 14, five adolescents entered the Saint-Etienne Cathedral in Metz during a concert of Bach, one of them interrupting the concert and shouting "Allah Akbar". The teenagers then fled but were found and arrested by the police.

The five teenagers are between 15 and 17 years old and are unknown to the police services. According to the police, an investigation should continue in parallel with police custody.

For their part, the officials of Metz Cathedral did not file a complaint, according to the police.

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