Arson and Vandalism at St Wendelin’s Parish, Mariannhill

Photos courtesy of St Wendelin’s parish

A fire, apparently the result of arson, damaged the Marian grotto at St Wendelin’s parish in the diocese of Mariannhill, outside Durban, on Monday afternoon.

The attacker also smashed a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The raging fire threatened to burn down the parish house and adjacent primary school. Firefighters from Pinetown South Fire Station extinguished the fire. A suspected arsonist was apprehended and identified as a local person with psychiatric problems.


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