Church in Vojvodina Vandalised With Threatening Graffiti
Case information
Incident date
Country
Serbia
Place
Vojvodina
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Threats
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Insult or Incitement
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
Image credit: Vojvodinauzivo.rs
A church in Novi-Banovitsa in Vojvodina, northern Serbia, was vandalised on 4 August. Unknown persons drew a line in orange paint around the Church of St Basil of Ostrog, built in neo-Byzantine style in 1991, and wrote the word "skulls" in Serbian on the bins at the entrance.
