Polish Cemetery Desecrated in Piekary Śląskie

Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Piekary Śląskie
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Arson
  • Desecration
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
  • Insult or Incitement
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
Bias Indicators
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Pixabay

On the 31 of July, the cemetery in Piekary Slaskie was desecrated by unknown perpetrators. 42 gravestones have been destroyed, the tombstones and crosses were knocked over, and flowers and some crosses were set on fire, according to Łukasz Czepkowski, spokesman for the Baker police. The police are investigating and trying to identify the perpetrators

Police are looking for CCTV cameras, checking footage to see if the perpetrators have been recorded. The losses have not yet been estimated.

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