Repeated Acts of Vandalism at Domfront Cemetery

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Domfront
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown

Acts of vandalism -burning flowers and plantations - were reported during the 3rd week of July at the Saint-Front cemetery in Domfront, Orne. Individuals from the municipality raise their voice following numerous incidents of damage to cemeteries.

He expressed his incomprehension and anger. ‘Last Saturday 22 July 2023, my wife and I visited her parents‘ grave in St-Front, as we do regularly, and we were unpleasantly surprised to find that the heather we had put on the grave had been burnt’, he explains.

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