1992 Mölln arson attack

1992 Mölln arson attack
Mölln
Mölln (Schleswig-Holstein)
Mölln
Mölln (Germany)
Location53°37′37″N 10°41′05″E / 53.62694°N 10.68472°E / 53.62694; 10.68472
Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Date22 November 1992 (1992-11-22) (UTC+1)
Attack type
Arson
Deaths3
Injured9
PerpetratorsMichael Peters and Lars Christiansen
MotiveAnti-immigration
Anti-Turkish sentiment
Islamophobia

The Mölln arson attack (German: Brandanschlag in Mölln) was the first fatal case of far-right extremists setting fire to migrants' homes in post-reunification Germany, and one of the earliest cases of right-wing terrorism in the country's post-unification history. On the night of 22 November 1992, two neo-Nazis set fire to the two houses of Turkish families in Mölln, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Three people were killed and nine injured.