Four New Cases of Vandalism After the Supreme Court Decision Against Jehovah's Witnesses

On the night of April 22, 2017, in the city of Gukovo (Rostov Region), unknown persons damaged a household where Jehovah's Witnesses worship were held. They broke the mailbox, threw mud at the front door and dented the fence.

On the night of April 30, 2017, in Achinsk (Krasnoyarsk region), one of the local residents, aggressively opposed to Jehovah's Witnesses, broke a window in the house where Jehovah's Witnesses worship were held. The next day, the believers asked him to stop such hooligan actions. However, the local resident reacted aggressively and said that he would not stop doing what he was doing.

On the night of April 30, 2017, in Penza, unknown intruders entered the territory of the house where Jehovah's Witnesses worship were held. They broke down the gate and hung it on an arch above the place where it was installed.

On the night of May 2, 2017, in Kaliningrad, unknown assailants smashed a window with a stone in the house where a family of Jehovah's Witnesses lives. At that time, a relative of the believers was in the house. When the glass was broken, he was in shock for several minutes. Believers report that he has always had peaceful, good-neighborly relations in the district. The only reason for the incident, he believes, is hatred caused by the decision of the Supreme Court to liquidate Jehovah's Witnesses and incited in the media.