Case information
Incident date Aug 5, 2022
Country Poland
Place Stargard Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Theft Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Religious Freedom / Discrimination Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Bias Indicators Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Case information
Incident date Aug 5, 2022
Country Poland
Place Stargard Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Theft Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Religious Freedom / Discrimination Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Bias Indicators Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Image credit: radioszczecin.pl On the night of August 5-6, 2022, an unknown perpetrator profaned the statue of Our Lady of Medjugorie located in the park near St. Joseph Church in Stargard. The vandal damaged the windows and stole the holy rosary held in the hands of the statue of Our Lady.
