A beheaded statue in the Saint-François-Xavier church, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
A damaged altar in the choir of Saint-Eustache, in the center of the capital.
A table vandalized with kneelers in Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, in the 9th arrondissement.
A statue of Saint Rita smashed in Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, in the 3rd.
It was an outburst of violence that last week affected six major churches in the capital.
"It's been about fifteen churches since January!"
, counted Karen Taïeb, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of heritage.
The city filed a complaint.
Faced with
"this serious recurring security problem"
, the elected official asked the police to
"further increase the number of patrols around places of worship"
.
Last January, in less than a week, three churches in eastern Paris were the target of arson.
A man of Ukrainian origin had been arrested and admitted to the psychiatric infirmary of the Prefecture of Police.
This Friday afternoon...
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