Two Fires in One Week at St François-de-Sales Church

Country: France

Date of incident: November 20, 2021


A fire broke out on the 20. November in the afternoon in the sacristy of the St-François-de-Sales church. This is the second fire within a week, which has devastated the parish community. The fire broke out in the sacristy of the Church. This is one of the incidents that happened during a wave of arson attacks and vandalism to churches in the area. A suspect for all the attacks was apprehended on the 27th of November.

Sources: La voix du nordLa semaine Dans le BoulonnaisLa voix du nordLa Voix du NordLa voix du Nord

This is one of 8 attacks that happened between the 22.10.2021 and 27.11.2021

Related Case: OIDAC Europe