Arson in Church in Plappeville

Country: France

Date of incident: June 21, 2018


The church of Sainte-Brigide de Plappeville (Moselle) suffered an arson attack on June 21st at 5:40 p.m. Firefighters reported two fires inside the church. After being arrested in the vicinity, two young men admitted entering the building by breaking some of the windows and setting fire to the altar cloth and the cabinet in which the books were kept.

The two men were taken into police custody.

Source: tout-metz.comLa Républicain Lorrain and christianophobie.fr