Vandalism of a cross at a place of worship in Gornja Brijesnica

Case information
Incident date
Country
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Place
Gornja Brijesnica
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Christian Building (other)
  • Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Place of Incident
  • Christian Building
  • Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Wiki commons (symbolic picture)

The prayer cross in the village of Gornja Brijesnica, which belongs to Lukavac in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been damaged for the second time in the last three years.

Lazo Tripunović, the representative of the local association of Gornja Brijesnica residents pointed out that the association was unpleasantly surprised by the latest act of vandalism, which took place over the weekend and was reported to the police and the mayor of Lukavac.

Condemning the desecration of the cross, Tripinović said that it only strengthens the will to return to Brijesnica Gornja, where 570 people lived before the war and whose houses were demolished.

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