Men Attempt to Disarm Soldiers Guarding Cathedral in Rome

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Insult or Incitement
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

A Palestinian and a Tunisian attempted to disarm soldiers stationed outside Santa Maria Maggiore cathedral while yelling "Allah (God) is great", Rome police said Tuesday.

The men were arrested and, according to ANSA, "They were charged with resisting and threatening an officer and instigation to commit a crime with intent to commit terrorist acts, slapped with an expulsion order, and taken to a migrant reception center in the southern city of Bari prior to repatriation."
Apparently, background check revealed they had several expulsion orders pending.

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