Attack on the Statue of the Virgin Mary, a VIDEO filmed everything

A few days ago the news of the sad attack suffered by one was spread statue of the Virgin Mary in the Basilica of National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, In United States of America. The statue of the Virgin of Fatima suffered severe damage to the face and hands. He writes it ChurchPop.es.

On December 8, three days after the incident, the police released a video. The images show a subject wearing a mask, gloves and hat approaching the statue of the Virgin Mary with a hammer or ax. He hits her and then runs away. Then he returns and continues to hit the sculpture more violently. Finally, he takes some remains scattered here and there with him and runs away again.

The parish community, after learning of the attack on the statue of the Virgin Mary, has scheduled a meeting in front of the sculpture to recite the Rosary.

The statue, made with Carrara marble and valued at 250 thousand dollars, it is located in the Paseo y Jardín del Rosario of the Basilica. Security personnel discovered the damage during the opening of the Basilica on Monday morning, 6 December.

"We have contacted the authorities and, although this incident pains us deeply, we pray for the author, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, under his title of Our Lady of Fatima“, Said Monsignor Walter Rossi, rector of the Basilica.

“Right now, the incident is not being investigated how hate crime“He told a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). "However, the classification is subject to change if our investigation comes to determine a clear reason."