Statue of the Virgin Mary Decapitated and Thrown to the Ground

Case information

Incident date: May 28, 2020
Country: Italy
Place: Rosta
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Desecration
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol
Intolerance towards Religious Symbols
Religious Freedom / Discrimination: Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
Place of Incident: Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship)
Bias Indicators: Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police: Unknown
Response of Local Authorities: Unknown

Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash

On the 28th May, an unknown vandal or vandals decapitated the Statue of the Madonna in the town of Rosta, Turin. The statue was found thrown on the ground and beheaded. The Mayor himself condemned this act of vandalism.

Sources

Torino Today (opens in a new tab)
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La Agenda News (opens in a new tab)