Wayside Cross Motersawed by Muslim

Country: Austria

Date of incident: December 22, 2014


An old wayside crucifix with corpus was cut down with a motor saw in Groß-Enzersdorf, Lower Austria. A Muslim of Egyptian origin whose property was located close to the cross said that he it had „annoyed him“. The cross had been a destination for pilgrimages for over 60 years.

Sources:
http://m.heute.at/news/oesterreich/noe/art23654,1110501
http://m.heute.at/news/oesterreich/noe/art23654,1110822