An unknown person damaged the entrance door of a mosque in Regensburg with a hammer. The outside furniture of a pizza delivery service and a parked car were also affected on Sunday night, the police said.
According to a spokesman, there were initially no indications of the possible background to the crime. According to the information, the police initiated the “necessary protective measures” after the incident. Police patrols should now monitor the location at regular intervals, as the spokesman explained. The total damage amounts to a sum in the lower five-figure range.
As the Central Bavarian newspaper According to reports, the man raged in front of the prayer house for about forty minutes, banging on the glass entrance door with a hammer and other objects. He also tried to break open a window. The imam’s car is also said to have been damaged. According to the newspaper, the Turkish consul general from Nuremberg came to the Regensburg mosque on Sunday. The community leader of the Turkish Ditib Mosque, Yavuz Cekic, said: “The whole thing has to be prosecuted because there are 1,000 Ditib mosques nationwide. Further security measures may have to be taken.”