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Reward offered after Monmouthshire nativity scene destroyed

Source: BBC 01 January 2021.

A £2,500 reward has been offered after a nativity scene was petrol-bombed on Christmas Eve.

The scene in Raglan, Monmouthshire, had been installed in a bus shelter for families to enjoy over Christmas.

The fire destroyed statues of a shepherd, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus - with only the three wise men surviving as they stood outside the shelter.

Miguel Santiago, of the Beaufort Hotel which funded the £10,000 scene, said the attack was "really disappointing".

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"I was in the hotel when I saw the fire and I went into panic mode," he said.

"It was about 21:45 on Christmas Eve when it all happened and I ended up using nine extinguishers to put it out."

Full Story  and Video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55506655

If I had my way this absolute idiot would be incarcerated for Life!

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   You know it's with GREAT HATE in ones HEART to be able to take this kind of task and run it through to completion!

   I'm perplexed to how people can be so irritated by this symbol that they feel the need to try to destroy it, wreck it, and lastly the means these people take to go through, to try to remove it from our lives.  I mean it's EVERYWHERE across the world!

  I know that even here in the "free country of the USA"  people constantly feel the need to impose their will and believes on us Christians by destroying our personal, private property. At the very least, why don't they purchase a set and then light it up in their front lawn, or porch? Leave what's NOT YOURS A LONE! Just like mom & dad have taught most of US!

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I just don't get it!

Thanks Bobby for the share even though it: 

Stinks

Stank

Stunk!

But I'm glad you brought it to our attention. 

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Unbelievable how some people can act.  Although after 25 years in Law Enforcement I should not be surprised how low some people will go.

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