Mountain Guide Destroys Mountain Top Crosses

Case information
Incident date
Country
Switzerland
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

The Swiss mountain guide Patrick Bussard vandalized and destroyed three crosses on tops of mountains in 2010 after he had conducted a petition against religious symbols in public. He faced a fine for property damage and violating freedom of religion in January 2012.

Sources:
http://www.laliberte.ch/regions/le-scieur-de-croix-passera-devant-le-juge-de-police
http://www.kath.net/detail.php?id=34811