Attack Against a Nigerian Christian Woman

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Islamist
  • Private

A Muslim from Mali living in Italy was arrested for a physical attack at a Christian Nigerian woman in Italy. The Nigerian woman had been threatened with death because she was wearing a chain with a cross, later on she was stabbed and needed to be hospitalized with serious injuries.


A 32-year-old Muslim from Mali living in Italy was arrested for a physical attack at a 57-year-old Christian Nigerian woman running a fast food shack in a poor area in Rignano Garganico (province of Foggia, Apulia) in Italy. The Nigerian woman had been threatened with death because she was wearing a chain with a cross. On 19th September 2014, the Muslim from Mali stabbed the woman who subsequently was hospitalized with serious injuries.

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