Stolen Crosses And Vandalized Gravestones In Rybna
Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Rybna
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Theft
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Cemetery
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Other (text field)
Place of Incident
Cemetery
Bias Indicators
Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
No
Response of Local Authorities
Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Kenny Orr on Unsplash
In late January and early February, more than 10 residents of Rybna, Poland complained about the vandalization of crosses and grave monuments of their relatives. Several people found gravestones with broken and stolen crosses and figures of Christ that were torn off crosses and thrown away nearby. People started intervening and reported the matter to the municipality. It was later discovered that the damage was not reported to the police, because according to the municipality, they did not have a report on the matter.
