On the night of 5-6 February, an unknown perpetrator used a metal rod to destroy the statue of Our Lady of Fatima in the parish church of St Jadwiga Śląska near Łomża. The damage is estimated at around PLN 3,000. The police have been called to the scene and are now looking for the suspect.
Commenting on the damage resulted from the attack, parish priest Fr. Krzysztof Dąbrowski said: "Only the head, the heart and the open hands that are holding on to the thin wall of the robe are left. The damage is so extensive that it is compared to the injuries caused by a gunshot wound: a metal rod first caused a small hole and then tore out a large part of the figure."