Christians throw dog poo at theatre director

Fundamentalist Christians threw dog dirt in the face of a top theatre boss in Nancy on Thursday, in protest against a controversial play on religion.

"I was leaving the national opera when a couple of fundamentalists, a man and a woman I believe, rushed towards me, tore my hat off and threw a container full of dog poo at me..." said Jean-Michel Ribes after the attack on Tuesday evening, French daily Le Figaro reported.

In December, Ribes had received death threats when the theatre he manages, the prestigious Rond-Point theatre in Paris, put on a controversial play about Christianity.

Christian radicals protested the play called "Golgota Picnic", directed by an Spanish-Argentinian director Rodrigo Garcia. The play features a trash crucifixion of Christ who is referred to has "el puto diablo".

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