Beaujolais Churches Targeted

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Beaujeu
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Chapel
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Chapel
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
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A chapel in Lamure-sur-Azergues and a church in Beaujeu were vandalised on March 28, with broken stained glass windows and damaged doors reported.

On March 28, the Saint-Roch Chapel, located in the hamlet of Arnauds in Lamure-sur-Azergues, was vandalized. The building sustained visible damage including two shattered stained glass windows. The broken panes left fragments of glass scattered inside the chapel.

Local residents reported that the structure’s doors were also damaged.

In a related act of vandalism, the Saint-Martin Church in Beaujeu was also damaged.

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