Youths vandalise cemetery

Case information
Incident date
Country
Spain
Place
Surata
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Cemetery
  • Vandalism of Chapel
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
  • Chapel
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
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In September, youths vandalised several graves in a cemetery in Surata. They tore up flowers and smashed gravestones, plaques in the cemetery and a statue of Mary in the cemetery chapel.

An investigation has been launched and the thieves are being actively sought following the widespread outrage caused by their actions. According to the investigation, the thieves were young people in a state of intoxication.

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