Case information
Incident date Mar 8, 2020
Country France
Place Avranches Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Church Bias Indicators Pattern or Frequency of Attacks Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Case information
Incident date Mar 8, 2020
Country France
Place Avranches Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Church Bias Indicators Pattern or Frequency of Attacks Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Image credit: Facebook On March 8, an unknown perpetrator used one of the church's candelabra to hit the marble altar and a statue in the Basilica of Saint-Gervais in Avranches. The municipal officers took charge of the reparations.