Overview
- An emergency call Wednesday evening reported a woman with a chainsaw inside the evangelical Stadtkirche Peter und Paul in Münchberg, Upper Franconia.
- Church employees confronted the 55-year-old and stopped her from fully sawing through the large wooden cross at the altar before officers arrived.
- Police from Bayreuth responded to the scene, detained the woman, and admitted her to a district psychiatric hospital.
- Authorities estimate at least €1,000 in damage at the base of the cross caused by the partial cut.
- Investigators expect to pursue a charge of damage to public property, and the case remains under review.