Graves Vandalized in Mazères

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

On All Saints Day, a solemnity celebrated by Catholics and some Protestants, visitors to the Mazères cemetery discovered five graves, including a central cross, sprayed with orange paint with references to "Satanists", among others.

Families of the deceased were outraged, and an investigation to determine the perpetrators has been opened. Municipal officials had to clean the central cross on Sunday, so that it would be presentable for a religious ceremony.

Sources: L'Observatoire de la Christianophobie Ville de Mazères (photo from official website)