Basilica Desecrated

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

Half a dozen swastikas found tagged on several columns in the basilica of Saint Denis, Paris.

Half a dozen swastikas were found tagged on several columns in the basilica of Saint Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris) on the night from Friday, May 8th to Saturday, May 9th. Minister of Culture Christine Albanel expressed "her deep emotion and indignation" on this act of “vandalism”, which she strongly condemned. She called for “all necessary measures to be taken immediately so that the signs would be withdrawn as soon as possible."
For more information please visit: http://www.indignations.org/profanations/index.php?2009/05/08/237-des-croix-gammees-a-la-basilique-saint-denis