Vandals Tagged Parrish Building with Insulting Graffiti in Ruoti

Case information
Incident date
Country
Italy
Place
Ruoti
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Anti-Religion or Humanism Groups
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism of Christian Building (other)
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
  • Defamation
Place of Incident
  • Christian Building
  • Government Building
Bias Indicators
  • Comments/Written Statements/Gestures/Graffiti
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: Onda News

On November 13th unknown perpetrators vandalized the church of Ruoti. The walls of the local section of the Democratic Party and the Parrish Building were marked with Swastikas, Celtic crosses and offensive writings. In particular, near the rectory, the phrases "Infamous Priest", "No to pedophilia" and a cross was smeared on two doors and a wall.The incident was reported to the police, who is investigating.

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