Statue of Christ Smashed in San Salvo

Case information

Incident date: Apr 18, 2022
Country: Italy
Place: San Salvo
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Religious Freedom / Discrimination: Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
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: Unknown

A Statue of Christ in the church of Addolorata in San Salvo, was thrown to the ground and smashed on April 18th. The author of this act of vandalism appeared to use an object to break the statue into tiny pieces. The parish lodged a complaint.

Source: zonalocale.it