Case information
Incident date Aug 6, 2020
Country Italy
Place Pescina Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Religious Freedom / Discrimination Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols Other (text field) Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Public Street Bias Indicators Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Case information
Incident date Aug 6, 2020
Country Italy
Place Pescina Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Desecration Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Religious Freedom / Discrimination Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols Other (text field) Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Public Street Bias Indicators Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Response of Local Authorities Image credit: Marsica Live On the 6th August, in the village of Pescina, the Sactuary was found vandalized. The image of the Madonna was torn to pieces and the crosses were damaged. All along the path to the Shrine, the symbols and flowers were torn off. The police was notified.
