Igreja Lagoinha in Salvador broken into, air-conditioning units stolen

In the early hours of Sunday, 11 October 2026, unidentified suspects broke into the headquarters of Igreja Lagoinha in the Boca do Rio neighbourhood of Salvador, Bahia, and stole air-conditioning units that were to be installed in the children's, pre-teen and pastoral-care rooms. The church said on social media that the intruders damaged the electric fence and that the alarm did not go off, and it asked for donations to replace the units and repair the fence. The Civil Police said no report of the case was found in its system and the Military Police said it was not called.

Burglary and property damage, mapped to incidentType vandalism. Coordinates are the Nominatim suburb pin for Boca do Rio, Salvador (the church did not resolve), labeled approximate. Source is the church's own account as reported by BNews.