A woman who painted on Saturday April 17 in Toulouse, under the influence of alcohol, anti-religious inscriptions on a famous basilica will be summoned to court, police said on Wednesday April 21.
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Police officers from the Departmental Security have found the trace of this 59-year-old woman through the use of CCTV images. Placed in police custody, she admitted the facts, denying any anti-religious content but admitting that she was then in a state of intoxication. She is summoned in May for an appearance hearing on prior admission of guilt (CRPC), according to this source. "
The return of Satan
" or "
Traitres
" had been tagged with red paint on columns, in front of the Saint-Sernin basilica, in the historic center of Toulouse.
The Diocese of Toulouse then expressed on its Facebook page its "
sadness and (its) consternation
" for these tags on this "
magnificent Romanesque church
" recalling that the "
monument (is) listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
".
The LR mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc, had condemned on his Twitter account a "
shameful act
" which strikes "
the most beautiful jewel of the heritage of #Toulouse
".
The elected official also strongly denounced the “
anti-Semitic tags on rue Mirepoix
” affirming that “
these crimes will not destroy our values of humanity
”.
The 50-year-old's registrations were quickly erased over the weekend by municipal officials.
