Overview
- The Heilig-Geist Church in Hanau, which was holding Sunday mass for about 200 people, saw several side-building windows shatter after small pellets struck.
- Police recovered silver steel balls about 5 millimeters wide, some rusted, along with white plastic beads about 3 millimeters wide inside and outside the building.
- Investigators said the shots may have come from a slingshot or from an airsoft gun that fires plastic or metal pellets.
- No injuries were confirmed by officers, though one attendee reported being hit by glass.
- Police opened a property damage case, estimated repairs at roughly €5,000, asked witnesses to contact investigators, and reported no sign of a religious motive.