During the night of October 13th, the Saint-Michel's chapel was vandalised and burnt down by unknown perpetrators. The interior of the church was set on fire, causing damage on the walls. The police of the Flémalle area was alerted.
Source: La Meuse
Arson and Vandalism at Saint-Michel's Chapel
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- Belgium
- Place
- Flemalle
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Arson
- Desecration
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Chapel
- Religious Freedom / Discrimination
- Other (text field)
- Place of Incident
- Chapel
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Yes
- Response of Local Authorities
- Investigated