Theft of Church in Bells Santa Caterina Destroyed by Earthquake

Case information

Incident date: Jun 19, 2021
Country: Italy
Place: Santa Caterina
Categories: Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against: Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators: Radical Left
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents: Theft
Place of Incident: Church
Bias Indicators: Lack of Other Motive
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police: Yes
Response of Local Authorities: Investigated

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

Unknown perpetrators stole historic bells from the Church of Santa Caterina. Although the church had been destroyed in an earthquake in May 2012, its Concordia bells rested for nine years beside the churchyard. Police are investigating.

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