The district court of Bamberg has found a 22-year-old guilty of attempted aggravated arson. The man's act was aimed at a synagogue in Upper Franconia.
He admitted to having smashed a window of the synagogue in a drunken state. A surveillance video shows how he then tried to light fireworks and throw them into the synagogue. When this failed, he moved on. The Munich Public Prosecutor's Office had demanded a prison sentence of three years. The young man's defence lawyer spoke out in favour of a suspended sentence of a maximum of two years.