Germany: Arson Damages Cloth and Bible in Steinfeld, Second Case This Year

Country: Germany

Date of incident: July 13, 2023


On the 13th of July, 2023, an unknown vandal set fire to a cloth laying on a stand in the Roman Catholic church in Steinfeld, Germany. The cloth was completely burned and a Bible damaged, amounting to 300 euros in damage. This is the second case of arson in this church in the last three months.

On the 2nd of May, a similar case happened which we also reported on: another cloth laying on a standard was set alight, which also affected a Bible. 

Sources: Pfalz ExpressRheinpfalz.deSpeyer Kurier

Photo: Pxhere