Schleusingen (dpa/th) – After an incident involving smelly liquid at the entrance to a Protestant church in Schleusingen, CDU state chairman Mario Voigt sees an attack on Christian symbols and religious freedom. Voigt spoke on Monday in the short message service Twitter of a serious crime that must be severely punished. According to the police, strangers spilled a smelly liquid on a sandstone slab in front of the entrance to the Schleusinger Kreuzkirche last Sunday night. Liquid and stench spread inside the church. The police are investigating property damage.
On Saturday evening, the evangelical parish had called for a prayer for peace and a subsequent silent protest in protest against a right-wing extremist elevator, which was followed by almost 40 people. According to the police, around 70 people took part in the elevator of the right-wing extremist spectrum in the run-up to the national day of mourning on Sunday. A connection to the incident at the church is being examined, said a police spokeswoman on Monday. Detected in all directions. According to the police, the hours between the end of the peace prayer and Sunday morning are considered to be the period in which the unknown spilled the liquid.
