Cross Vandalised

Case information

Incident date: Apr 29, 2023
Country: Poland
Place: Chorzów
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Place of Incident: Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
Bias Indicators: Lack of Other Motive
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community

Image credit: Tomasz Piecuch Tripod-media, Laboratorium Wolnosci Religijnej

On 29 April 2023, an 18-year-old man destroyed a cross on the grounds of the Roman Catholic parish of St Jadwiga in Chorzów. The perpetrator threw the granite cross from its pedestal and poured red liquid on the figure of Jesus Crucified.

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