Statue of the Virgin Mary in Tramoyes Desecrated with Degrading Drawings
Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Tramoyes
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Place of Incident
Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Marly Mele on Unsplash
Unknown perpetrators desecrated the statue of the Virgin Mary in Tramoyes. It is reported that the face of the Virgin was painted with a felt-tip pen, the incident occurred on 10 August. The culprit drew glasses and a moustache onto the statue, which is located near a church. A complaint was filed and the police were notified.
