Statue of St. Joseph Decapitated; Finger of Infant Jesus Broken

Case information

Incident date: Jan 1, 2016
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

Police are investigating the destruction of Nativity statues in a creche in front of a church in Dorga in the Bergamo region.