Devastation of a roadside shrine

Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Uscie Solne
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
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated

On the night of January 5-6, 2023, a twenty-two-year-old man vandalised a roadside shrine in Uście Solne in the commune of Szczurowa. The perpetrator took out the statue of the Mary from the niche of the shrine and smashed it on the road surface.

The police identified the culprit. He was drunk at the time of the crime

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