Swastika Graffiti Smeared at Church Wall

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Marrón
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Political
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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A graffiti with the word "memory" and just below Nazi swastika in red were smeared at the wall of Church of Santa Maria in Marrón in the Cantabria region.

"It has nothing to do with the Law, but even if it did, that is no way to protest", said mayor Amaya Fernández to media. Investigation by the Guardia Civil are ongoing and the Town Hall is looking ways to clean the wall from the 17th century. The church has already been subject to vandalism in the past. Investigations are ongoing.

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