Perpetrator Confesses to Arson of Evangelical Church

Country: Austria

Date of incident: September 15, 2018


A 58 year old man confessed to setting a fire that heavily damaged the Johanneskirche am Lendkanal on September 15th. The altar cross, a gift of British soldiers and of great sentimental value, was missing after the fire but later found near the church.

Sources: Kleine ZeitungKleine Zeitung, ORFORF 
Photo: Berufsfeuerwehr Klagenfurt