The Olárizu Cross Painted with Graffiti in Vitoria
Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Vitoria Gasteiz
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Insult or Incitement
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Other (text field)
Place of Incident
Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
Bias Indicators
Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Maël GRAMAIN on Unsplash
On the 3rd of May, the Cross of Olarizu was sighted with Graffitis of the symbol of the left political party, the words "feminism", "socialism" and "independence". The Cross had also been severely damaged in 2018, the perpetrators said it belonged to the past.
