Date: 21 February 2016
A mosque in Neunkirchen in the West German state of Saarland has been attacked overnight by two persons throwing Molotov cocktails. There was no damage to the mosque itself, since the explosives landed in the courtyard of the complex. While the perpetrators were captured on CCTV footage, the police has not been able to identify them so far. So far, the attackers’ motivation is unknown; yet this incident comes after the last months witnessed a dramatic increase in Islamophobic attacks on mosques and other Muslim community institutions in Germany.
