A public statue of Christ in Thonon-les-Bains was vandalized, with its face completely covered with black paint.
Sources: Le Messager and christianophobie.fr
Christ Statue Defaced
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- France
- Place
- Thonon-les-Bains
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
- Place of Incident
- Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Time/Place/Location
- Reported to Police
- Yes
- Response of Local Authorities
- Unknown