Church Vandalised in the Saale-Holzland district

Country: Germany

Date of incident: August 15, 2023


Unknown people vandalized a church in Dornburg-Camburg, a town located in the Saale-Holzland district.

The perpetrators lit several candles and then smeared the church's interior with the candles' wax. They also defaced the visitor's book, writing on numerous of its pages. The perpetrators proceeded to tear off the pages of the visitor's book and set them on fire.

The amount of material damage caused is still unknown. The police were notified and launched an investigation into the vandalism case.

Source: presseportal.deotz.detlz.de

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