Funerary Objects and Flowers Stolen from Cemeteries in Pleumeur-Bodou

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Côtes d'Armor
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
  • Vandalism (all)
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
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In Pleumeur-Bodou in the Côtes d'Armor, a theft act has been committed in the cemeteries. Numerous funerary objects as well as flowers have been stolen. The town hall and the first deputy, Christelle Broudic, condemns these thefts. The police operation will be intensified in order to prevent these criminal acts.

Christelle Broudic, the first deputy says:

"In addition to the criminal nature of these acts, there is also the strong emotional impact on families faced with such acts, which affect them in an area as intimate as it is personal."

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