On Sunday evening, the mosque on Lendplatz in Graz was hit by vandals. Unknown persons had placed a severed pig’s head in front of the entrance, according to the police.
Last weekend there was another attack on an Islamic prayer house in Graz: on Sunday around 9:40 p.m., the police received a report from a neighbor that the entrance area of a mosque on Josefigasse was damaged. When the advertisement was shot, it turned out that a severed pig’s head had been placed there in the entrance area.
investigations started
The time of the crime can be limited from 8:40 p.m. to 9:40 p.m. Any further damage could not be determined. The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Fight against Terrorism has launched an investigation into the perpetrators.
Last incident seven years ago
Such an incident has already occurred in Graz in recent years. On the night of May 6, 2016, a man arrested a short time later attached halves of a pig’s head to the outer space of a mosque and spilled pig’s blood. The man and two accomplices were convicted in 2020, one accomplice got away with a diversion deal.
Source: Krone
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