20 graves ransacked in Orcenais cemetery

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Orcenais
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: istock photo

On 14 July 2023, some unidentified youths vandalised around twenty graves in the old part the cemetery of Orcenais, in the French Cher department. At least two crosses were smashed, as well as plaques and other objects.

Picture: istock photo

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