Statue of Hand Painted Baby Jesus Destroyed by Firecracker

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

In Villa d'Almè, a group of unknown perpetrators threw a big firecracker into the hut containing the creche where the hand painted statue of the baby Jesus been placed on Christmas Eve.

The statue will require a meticulous restoration once all of the pieces are recovered. Nothing is known, for now, of the identity of the perpetrators of the act.

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