San Martino Church In Italy Vandalized

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Place
Rezzato
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Wooden chairs arranged inside a stone church.
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Serge Le Strat / Unsplash

In the evening of January 22nd, two young perpetrators broke into the church of San Martino in Rezzato. The vandals completely destroyed the entrance door and pews. The police were informed and a charge was filed.

According to Bresciaoggi, two young people entered the small Church of San Martino in Virle Treponti on the evening of 22 January 2021. They forced their way through the main door, damaged it and the church benches, and then vandalized the nearby Alpini association headquarters.

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