Tag: Arson

A fire destroyed a Catholic church in Manitoba on Easter Sunday

A thirty-two-year-old suspect has been arrested.

A church was set on fire in Austria

Despite early attempts to extinguish the fire, the wooden altar was destroyed and a statue of the Virgin Mary was damaged.

Attempted arson of a Protestant church in Bavaria

Unknown people set fire to flyers and information material in the porch, fortunately the fire did not spread.

Firefighters prevent a church from burning down in Eastern Poland

The Captain of the Municipal Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Lublin suggests that "most likely it was was arson"

A church was almost set ablaze by three vandals in Northern Italy

The vandals managed to escape. The police are investigating the case.

Muslim extremists burned down yet another church in Sudan

Jubrial Tutu, pastor of the SCOC church in Tambul, described the arson as direct persecution of Christians.

Unknown individuals endeavour to set fire to a French church

Some damage was caused but firefighters were able to quench the blaze

Swedish church a target of two arson attacks

Pastor Jerker Alsterlund commented the event by stating that, "We have no threat against us but it is a strong symbolic act."