Statue of the Virgin Mary Vandalized in Noyelles-lès-Seclin

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

The statue of Notre-Dame-de-Fatima was splashed with used oil during the night of October 27th to 28th. Adolescents confessed to the incident.

The news was published by the City Hall of Noyelles-lès-Seclin on Facebook. It was later announced that adolescents from the village admitted committing the act and offered to clean the statue.
Sources: L'Observatoire, La Voix du Nord, and Noyelles-lès-Seclin Facebook page (photo)

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