Vandalism Sparked Uproar in Morigny-Champigny

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Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Insult or Incitement

A Catholic church in Morigny was tagged with grafitti, just days before the Fontainebleau Church was the victim of a serious arson.

Several captions were sprayed with white paint on the church door, as well as on the front of the church: "1905", the year of the separation of Church and State, "freedom, resistance" and "ACAB" an acronym that, according to Le Parisien, could mean "all cops are bastards". Additionally, an upside-down cross (a Satanist symbol) was painted. A complaint was filed by the mayor and the investigation was entrusted to the police of Etampes.

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