Chapel set on fire in Dinant

Case information
Incident date
Country
Belgium
Place
Dinant
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Arson
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Chapel
Place of Incident
  • Chapel
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated

On Sunday night, 23 April, the fire brigade and the police were called to a fire that completely destroyed the chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph in Dinant. Arson is suspected.

By the time the fire brigade arrived, the building was engulfed in flames. It took the fire brigade a good two hours to extinguish the blaze. This has been the third in a series of vandalism cases against Christian symbols and churches in the region within a few days (OIDAC reported).

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