Figure of Jesus Christ destroyed by Turkish Muslim

Country: Germany

Date of incident: May 3, 2015


A Turkish Muslim armed with a kitchen knife destroyed the figure of Jesus Christ located on the Sendlinger Tor in Munich. Additionally, he attacked eyewitnesses and devastated all vases and flowers which were next to the cross. The case has been reported to the police, but the man was declared as a mentally ill and he has been brought to a psychiatrist. It is not clear whether the act was religiously-motivated.

Sources: http://www.tz.de/muenchen/stadt/altstadt-lehel-ort43327/geistiger-verwirrter-schaendet-kreuz-sendlinger-4964420.html http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.kreuzschaendung-in-muenchen-sendlinger-tor-jesus-figur-vom-kreuz-gerissen.54a3a9f1-da05-490c-a5e0-0b2ca51f829a.html http://www.pi-news.net/2015/05/muenchen-mahnwache-vor-geschaendetem-kreuz/