Vandal tears down and smashes Jesus sculpture at Vilnius church

A gold-coloured sculpture of Jesus was torn from a cross and smashed at a church in Vilnius on Wednesday evening, LRT reported.

Police said the incident happened at about 9 p.m. on November 11 in the courtyard of the Divine Mercy Shrine, a church on Dominikonų Street. The suspect has not been identified.

The damage is being assessed, and a pre-trial investigation has been opened under Article 284 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code.