Recently Restored Wall of Cemetery in Bielsko-Biala Vandalized

Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Bielsko-Biala
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
  • Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Alexander Popov on Unsplash

An unknown perpetrator vandalized the recently restored fragments of the cemetery wall of the Catholic parish of St. Nicholas, in Bielsko-Biała. On the night of October 22nd, an inscription reading "This sh*t can only be washed away by the flood" in black spray-paint, was left on the wall. The police is investigating.

"The renovation of the gate and fence is very expensive. With considerable effort, in these difficult times, we collected funds for the necessary renovation. The moment we were happy that the biggest part of our work was behind us, in an instant someone thwarted our efforts. Now we will have to do a lot of work again" - informed Fr. pastor Antoni Młoczek from the parish of St. Nicholas.

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