Figures of Jesus were broken off and stolen from more than 80 crosses in the cemetery of Estremera, Madrid, in the night from 19 to 20 June, leaving behind empty stone crosses. The local community is shocked.
More than 80 crucifix broken off and stolen from cemetery
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- Spain
- Place
- Madrid
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Theft
- Vandalism of Cemetery
- Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
- Place of Incident
- Cemetery
- 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
- Investigated