Catholic Cemetery of Buxy Wrecked

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

Twenty graves and tombstones have been desecrated in the small village of Buxy in Burgundy. The 2,000 residents of Buxy and their mayor are shocked and incredulous, the police has opened an investigation.

Headstones are damaged, crosses broken. «It is disgusting» says Ms Dominique Lanoiselet, the mayor of Buxy, as she calls any possible witness to come forward to the police.

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