Theft and Vandalism for Weeks in French Cemetery

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Place
Bandol
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Theft
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
Bias Indicators
  • Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated

For several weeks, the Vallongue cemetery in the city of Bandol, was repeatedly vandalized and various objects were stolen. Relatives observed with dismay as plants, ceramics, figurines, and other decorative objects were disappearing.

Twenty complaints were made to the police, who reacted by installing a surveillance camera. The police also cooperated by informing that they are going to make daily rounds of surveillance around.

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