"Black Block" Manifestation Assaults a Church

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
  • Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)

During a "Black Block", a left wing militant manifestation in Rome, an unknown number of people entered the parish of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano and destroyed the crucifix and a statue of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes.

Source: Reported by the Nunciature of the Holy See.