Statues of Jesus and Mary decapitated in Viennese Park
Case information
Incident date
Country
Austria
Place
Vienna
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Place of Incident
Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
Public Street
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
Images of Jesus and Mary were beheaded and vandalized in a prayer garden in a district of Vienna, Austria. The prayer garden is considered a spiritual oasis for visitors. The alarm was raised by two bypassers who discovered the devastated prayer garden. The police have been notified and they are conducting investigations to identify the motives and the perpetrators. A video by "Project Telos" shows the devastation of several objects in the garden, and the direct targeting of the statues of Mary and Jesus.
