Several Cemeteries Vandalized across France

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
  • Vandalism (all)

Between May 24th and May 31st, 2017, four cemeteries in France have been vandalized. The cemeteries have had their graves, including Christian graves, desecrated, crosses, vases and grave plaques destroyed to various degrees. Each cemetery has had their own suspects and three people have been identified and questioned by the local police, two cemeteries suspects remain unknown.

The cemeteries in question are: Cemetery Saint-Brès; Capendu cemetery; cemetery of Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises; and cemetery d’Ambarès-et-Lagrave.

Source: L’Observatoire, L’Observatoireand Languedoc Living

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