Man Arrested After Destroying Nativity Scene with Hammer

Case information

Incident date: Dec 17, 2022
Country: Spain
Place: Calahorra
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Religious Freedom / Discrimination: Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Place of Incident: Christian Holiday Display / Celebration
Bias Indicators: Lack of Other Motive
Reported to Police: Unknown
Response of Local Authorities: Unknown

Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Unsplash

A video was uploaded on Youtube on the 17. December of a man that destroys a Nativity Scene with a hammer in the Spanish city of Calahorra. He has already been arrested by the police.

Sources

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