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Christ Statue Vandalised in Hoyo de Manzanares

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Hoyo de Manzanares
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
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Image credit: ObservataorioLibertadReligiosa

A statue of Christ, installed just a week earlier, was found broken.

On the morning of October 18, a statue of Christ, installed in a public space just a week earlier, was found vandalised with its arms brutally torn off by unknown individuals.

Source: ObservataorioLibertadReligiosa