Saint Louis Cathedral and Statue of Pierre Belain Vandalized with Tags

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Fort-de-France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
  • Other (text field)
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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On the night between Sunday, February 24, 2020, to Monday, February 24, 2020, the Saint-Louis Cathedral and the statue of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc were covered with tags

"This is not the first time that we have had this kind of phenomenon, of tags. Of course, we will research, we have a video protection device with cameras, so we will check. There will be investigations that will be carried out to ensure that this does not happen again, "said Steeve Moreau, deputy mayor in charge of security at Fort-de-France

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