On 14 April, radical far-left anti-government protesters set fire to the 14th century Jacobin monastery in Rennes, France. They also set fire to the police headquarters.
Despite the seriousness of this act of vandalism, there was little media coverage of the incident, which was limited to a few words.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, reacted to the incident on social media and strongly condemned it. “The damage and attacks tonight in Rennes, against a police station and the Convent of Jacobins, by thugs determined to fight are unacceptable,” he said, adding that “the perpetrators will be prosecuted.”
The 14th-century Catholic building belongs to the order of Dominicans, which are referred to as Jacobins in France.