Case information
Incident date Jun 8, 2022
Country Poland
Place Bełchatów Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Religious Freedom / Discrimination Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Bias Indicators Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Case information
Incident date Jun 8, 2022
Country Poland
Place Bełchatów Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Religious Freedom / Discrimination Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Bias Indicators Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Image credit: static.kutno.net.pl On June 8, Polish local media reported the destruction of a statue of the Virgin Mary at a memorial plaque commemorating the victims of the September 1939 bombing in the Kluki municipality. An unknown perpetrator destroyed the statue of the Virgin Mary, located in the forest, along the DK 74 road from Belchatow toward Kluki.
