Church tagged with graffiti: "Traitor Christian"

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Villers-lès-Nancy
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Political
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated

On November 1, 2023, the Saint-Fiacre church in Villers-lès-Nancy was sprayed with graffiti, reading "Traitor Christian". The tags are considered to have a connection with the Israel-Hamas war.

The Deputy Public Prosecutor of Nancy, Amaury Lacôte, confirmed the discovery of these “anti-Semitic tags on the Saint-Fiacre church”. He adds that an “investigation has been opened into charges of damage to property designated for worship and provocation of hatred on grounds of religion.”

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