On the 30. April in Bonnieux, a statue of the Virgin Mary was destroyed. Its head was taken off and placed on a metal bar on the fence of the sanctuary.
Statue of the Virgin Mary Decapitated
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- France
- Place
- Bonnieux
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
- Religious Freedom / Discrimination
- Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
- Place of Incident
- Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
- Bias Indicators
- Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
- Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
- Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
- Reported to Police
- Unknown
- Response of Local Authorities
- Unknown