On the 25th December, a nativity scene in the municipality of Vilassar de Mar was found destroyed by vandals. The Catholic Tabarnia Twitter account posted a video showing the Baby Jesus with broken arms, a painting on the Virgin Mary, and damage to St. Joseph, the mule, the ox and the shepherds.
Nativity Scene of Villassar de Mar Attacked and Destroyed
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- Spain
- Place
- Vilassar de Mar
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
- 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
- Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Unknown
- Response of Local Authorities
- Unknown