French Crèche the Victim of Vandalism

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Insult or Incitement
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

Twenty figurines in the Nativity scene installed in the church of Chamaret were beheaded.

In the afternoon, the caretaker of the church discovered that the crèche had been sacked: figurines beheaded, trash strewn about, displaced candles, and burnt matches. The police opened an investigation.

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