In France, an attacker stole and burned the remains of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from the Basilica of St. Nicolas de Porte in the parish of St. Nicholas in Lorraine. The police quickly identified the thief and arrested him. During interrogation, the detainee admitted that he broke the display case and burned the remains. He explained his actions as a "fight against fetishism", comparing the worship of relics to the practice of superstition. The remains were a bone fragment about 2 cm long. It is kept in a glass box in the treasury of the basilica. This is the third attack on the basilica since the beginning of the year.