Christian Statues Stolen from Cemetery

Case information

Incident date: May 10, 2019
Country: France
Place: Argenton-les-Vallées
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Theft
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Cemetery
Place of Incident: Cemetery
Bias Indicators: Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police: Yes
Response of Local Authorities: Investigated

Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.

Three metal, meter-high, statues of Christian figures were stolen off their granite pedestals in a family plot in the cemetery of Argenton-les-Vallées (Deux-Sèvres). Police are investigating.

Sources

Le Courrier de l'Ouest (opens in a new tab)