Sri Lankan immigrant damages church statue in Italy
May 23, 2010 07:26 am
A 51-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant allegedly vandalised a statue of the Madonna and child, causing damages worth over 20,000 euro ($25,140), at a church in Italy.
The immigrant, who was not named, was drunk and allegedly seized a candlestick
and repeatedly smashed the statue, a priest at the Santisssima Trinita’ church
in
Police was called, who detained the man in the city’s San Vittore jail.
The immigrant has no permit of stay in
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