Around 4 p.m. on International Women`s Day, the Saint Gervais Basilica in Avranches was found vandalised. Part of the marble altar in the choir and a statue of St. Andrew were damaged. This incident was not the first criminal act taking place in this church.
Huge Damage in The Church In Avranches
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- France
- Place
- Avranches
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Radical Left
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Church
- Religious Freedom / Discrimination
- Other (text field)
- Defamation
- Place of Incident
- Church
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Unknown
- Response of Local Authorities
- Unknown