News Kobe shrine vandalised by foreign resident

[thomas]

I haven't found this incident mentioned on the Japanese mainstream news. As sad as it is, elsewhere, this would have been blown up into a case of Islamic terrorism. We can assume that the Indian news outlet quoted below had ulterior motives.

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A video has been going viral on social media wherein a man in yellow attire can be seen vandalising a worship place. The video is reportedly from the Tarumi Ward in Japan's Kobe City, where the accused, Mamadou Balde, had vandalised the Mizuoka Hachiman shrine in the area. Balde is a Muslim native of the Republic of Gambia in West Africa who migrated to Japan and now lives in Tarumi Ward, where the incident occurred. The accused, later arrested by the Japanese police, reportedly broke an offering box kept in the shrine. He also allegedly threatened a local worshipper against offering prayers at the shrine claiming Allah to be the only God. The incident occurred on May 3, 2023.

'Allah is the only god,' Muslim migrant damages a shrine in Japan, threatens local against praying

A Muslim migrant identified as Mamadou Balde vandalised the Mizuoka Hachiman shrine in Japan | OpIndia News

www.opindia.com

【独自】賽銭箱を蹴り破壊する外国籍の男『神様はアッラーしかいない』と参拝者に発言 | MBSニュース

神社の賽銭箱などを壊したとして逮捕された外国籍の男。防犯カメラが犯行の一部始終を捉えていました。

www.mbs.jp