Church Tagged With Vulgar and Anti-Church Slogans

Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Blachownia
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Organized Hate Groups
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: Radio Fiat

On the night of October 31st, the Church of Our Lady and St. Michael in Blachownia was tagged with spray-paint by unknown perpetrators. They left five vulgar slogans, anti-church and anti-government tags. On top of that, someone cut the padlocks from the cemetery, which remained closed. The acts were reported to the police, who is running an investigation.

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