Photo: arson attack on the house of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region, April 2017
Photo: arson attack on the house of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region, April 2017
On April 30, 2017, another act of vandalism was committed against followers of the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. In the village of Lutsino, Moscow Region, a local resident who had previously spoken negatively against the religion threw a Molotov cocktail into the house where a family of Jehovah's Witnesses lived while intoxicated. The resulting fire destroyed two houses and cars of believers.
The culprit of the arson was detained in hot pursuit.