Major Thefts and Damage at Marquette-lez-Lille Cemetery
Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Marq-Lambersart
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Desecration
Theft
Vandalism (all)
Place of Incident
Cemetery
In Marq-Lambersart on the Weekend of 3rd August, around 225 graves were robbed at the Marquette-Lez-Lille Cemetery. The unknown perpetrators attacked the bronze vases, which were unsealed and stole the bronze crosses from the graves. Also, some graves were damaged.