Overview
- Attack occurred around 4 a.m. on November 30, when a resident shouted from a balcony and drove the assailants away.
- Donkeys Max and Lily were removed from the living nativity and taken back to their farm for safety.
- The city filed a criminal complaint, and police are investigating the case as animal cruelty while asking witnesses to call 06062/95 30.
- Authorities report break‑ins, thefts, damaged decorations, graffiti, and harm to the evangelical church in the same period.
- Mayor Peter Traub says most suspected perpetrators are adolescents; his two mobile CCTV towers were removed on police orders, and he cites annual repair costs over €100,000 plus up to €40,000 for security.