Attack on French Catholic Family Association in Lyon

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Lyon
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Christian Building (other)
Place of Incident
  • Christian Building
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Image credit: CNAFC (X)

The building of the French Federation of Catholic Family Associations (AFC) in Lyon was severely attacked, leaving the place vandalised and daubed with graffiti slogans including "Death to Nazis" and similar insults. "AFC is not part of any political party", AFC underlined in the face of this absurd accusations in a statement published on their website.

The attack happened on the evening of Wednesday, June 12, during the demonstrations in Lyon. One of the windows was smashed and completely destroyed. The association has reported the case to the police.

Previously, in November 2023, the building was daubed with antifa slogans.

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