Door of Nativity Church burnt

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Place
Frascati
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Time/Place/Location
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated

The door of the nativity church at Villa Muti in Frascati, near Rome, was burnt.

At least one media source has said that the perpetrator was the same man who set fire to confessionals in St. Peter's Cathedral in Frascati. He was caught due to footage from surveillance cameras in the church, which we reported here. The 58-year old man was described as "deranged" and he was known for vandalizing places of worship in the past.

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