A statue representing an African leader was degraded between Wednesday and Thursday in Barentin, in Seine-Maritime. During the night, inscriptions such as "no niggers" and "HH" (in reference to Adolf Hitler) appeared on the plinth of the statue.
This statue, a replica of a work by Henri Legendre, has been sitting in the town since 2004 along with other sculptures. The town hall indicated that it had lodged a complaint against these racist and anti-Semitic inscriptions this Thursday afternoon, reports France Bleu Normandie.
"Avoid a form of contagion"
"We must not trivialize this kind of act which translates a rise in extremes," said Christophe Bouillon, mayor of Barentin, at the microphone of France Bleu. “The objective is to condemn with the greatest firmness, to ensure that the perpetrator (s) can be found and avoid a form of contagion. "
For the elected official, who is also president of the association of small towns in France, leaving these acts unpunished can lead to a worsening of the situation, or even to violence. There has been "unfortunately for several years an upsurge in racist and anti-Semitic acts", warns the city councilor. “We must have the greatest firmness towards these acts. "
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