Swastica Tagged on Church in Italy

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Place
Intra
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
  • Church
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Image credit: La Stampa

On the walls of the Church of San Giuseppe in Intra, unknown vandals painted Swastikas of various sizes and other phrases. The writings are mostly covering the walls facing the entrance. The municipal police are looking for the perpetrators and the curia will see that the inscriptions are removed.

The vandals responsible for the defacements are being investigated by the Verbania municipal police. Symbols and phrases will be removed: this will - presumably - be done by the curia, the owner of the building.

Source: La Stampa