Update: Suspect Caught for Setting Church Door on Fire
Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Place
Capodrise
Categories
Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
Arson
Vandalism (all)
Vandalism of Church
Place of Incident
Church
Bias Indicators
Pattern or Frequency of Attacks
Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
Reported to Police
Yes
Response of Local Authorities
Investigated
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Police managed to apprehend a suspect in the case of arson at the Saint Andrew the Apostle Church. The individual identified is the same person who tried the set the church on fire in the previous year. According to parish priest Don Giuseppe the suspect has been committing acts of vandalism towards the church for some time now. Saint Andrew's community is collecting funds for the restoration of the church door.
