Windows Broken in Jena Church

Country: Germany

Date of incident: May 29, 2018


The Stadtkirche Sankt Michael in the city of Jena was subjected to two vandalism attacks in two days. On the night of May 27th, someone threw stones and broke two of the church's stained glass windows. Two days later, on May 29th, someone broke another window in the back of the church. Witnesses observed two teenagers behind the church and police began an investigation.

According to members of the parish administration, the total replacement of the windows would cost about 800 euros. 

Sources: JenatvFocus and Ostthüringer Zeitung