Security Video Shows Nativity Statue Smashed in Igarassu, Woman Arrested

Overview

• Footage from Igarassu’s Integrated Operations Center shows a 33-year-old sitting on the display, then pushing a clay figure until it fell and shattered.
• The camera timestamp reads 2:35 a.m., and moments later she returned and threw what appeared to be sand or decoration at another image.
• Civil Police arrested the suspect in flagrante the same day, and the incident was recorded as damage/vandalism.
• Authorities did not release her name, which has prevented verification of any custody-hearing outcome with the Pernambuco court.
• The nativity had been set up on Praça da Bandeira for the city’s Dec. 13 Christmas opening, and officials say a timely replacement remains uncertain.