With probably an iron bar, the statue of the Virgin, at the Place des Quatre-Grands in Jemeppe, has been demolished.
https://lameuse.sudinfo.be/643704/article/2020-09-17/jemeppe-la-statue-de-la-vierge-completement-vandalisee-cote-de-leglise
The Statue of the Virgin Mary Completely Vandalized
Case information
- Incident date
- Country
- Belgium
- Categories
- Social Hostility / Intolerance
- Attack Against
- Faith
- Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
- Private
- Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
- Vandalism (all)
- Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
- 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
- Reported to Police
- Unknown
- Response of Local Authorities
- Unknown