Four Teenagers Caught Stealing in Church in Clermont-Ferrand

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Clermont-Ferrand
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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Four teenagers were caught by the police inside a church in Clermont-Ferrand stealing the box containing the alms on the night of June 16th.

A neighbor of the church of Notre-Dame-de-Neyrat, alarmed by unusual noises at 11 pm inside the building, alerted the police. When the officers arrived, they discovered that four teenagers, between 12 and 15 years old, had entered the church by breaking several windows and that they had just stolen the box that contained the alms and donations of the faithful.

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