Monastery Raided by Masked Gunmen

Country: Austria

Date of incident: June 3, 2013


The Salvatorian monastery of Hörbranz in the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg was raided by masked gunmen. A monk was threatened at gunpoint. The two men, allegedly in their 30’s, escaped with several thousands of Euros.

The perperators were not caught by the police. It is unclear whether they had an anti-Christian motive or not.  Source, including video material: http://vorarlberg.orf.at/news/stories/2587077/