A criminal in France stole and burned a part of the remains of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, justifying it by saying that "this is how he fights fetishism."
He broke a protective display case and then burned and crushed the remains of one of Christianity's most revered saints. It is preserved in the Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-des-Forts in the district of Mort-et-Moselle.
During the interrogation, the man said that this is how he "fights fetishism." According to the Catholic edition of the Tribune Chértain, this is the third attack on the basilica this year.