Cabinet Set on Fire Inside Church

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Place
Belluno
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Arson
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Wikimedia

A woman discovered flames and smoke inside the parish church of Sedico. Police are suspecting an arson by vandals who targeted the building.

On December 2, 2025, a woman entering the parish church of Sedico in Belluno found flames and smoke rising from a cabinet that contained liturgical booklets. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and ventilated the nave, while parish priest Don Giancarlo Gasperin called the Carabinieri and filed a complaint. Investigators suggested the fire may have been retaliation after vandals forced open a donation box under the candlesticks and found it empty.

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