- Title: GERMANY: UNIDENTIFIED ATTACKERS SET FIRE TO KINDERGARTEN
- Date: 29th June 1997
- Summary: LUEBECK, GERMANY (JUNE 28-29, 1997) (RTV) 1. VARIOUS VIEWS OF DAMAGE, SWASTIKAS AND GRAFITTI READING: HARIG, WE WILL GET YOU (GERMAN) (2 SHOTS) (PASTOR GUENTHER HARIG FROM LUEBECK HAS HELPED REFUGEE FAMILIES IN THE PAST) 0.17 2. VARIOUS VIEWS OF FIRE DAMAGE, INVESTIGATORS AT SCENE. (2 SHOTS) 0.29 3. SV CHURCH PRIOR N
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- Location: LUEBECK, GERMANY
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- Country: Germany
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- Story Text: - INTRO: Unidentified attackers have set fire to a kindergarten in northern Germany and sprayed Nazi swastikas on a wall.
Police said the assailants set fire to a kindergarten next to the church in the city of Luebeck overnight on Saturday (June 28). The blaze caused some damage but was extinguished within 30 minutes.
There were no injuries.
Police also found a slogan threatening a local priest sprayed on the front of the building as well as Nazi swastikas. The priest is a campaigner against the deportation of Algerian asylum-seekers.
Several churches in northern Germany have been the targets of arson attacks in recent weeks.
Police detained a man earlier this month in connection with an attack which destroyed another Luebeck church. Swastikas and the priest's name were also sprayed on a wall.
In the latest incident, the kindergarten was part of a parish complex. The church itself was not damaged.
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