On 31 January 2023, police officers found that two graves in the Saint-Chéron cemetery in Chartres, France, have been vandalised. A cross had been broken in two places and a granite commemorative plaque shattered.
Source: lechorepublicain.fr
Cross broken and graves vandalised in Chartres cemetery
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- France
- Place
- Chartres
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Cemetery
- Place of Incident
- Cemetery
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Lack of Other Motive
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Yes
- Response of Local Authorities
- Investigated