Russian Orthodox Church vandalized in Switzerland

Case information
Incident date
Country
Switzerland
Place
Geneva
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Political
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
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The Russian Embassy in Switzerland reported that: “In the early hours of October 28, 2022, unidentified offenders committed an act of vandalism by splattering paint on the entrance to the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Geneva, which is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church.”

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