Man stabbed in Rome for wearing a crucifix

Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini revealed on Tuesday that a Moroccan national stabbed a man for wearing a crucifix at Rome’s central Termini train station.

The aggressor was arrested shortly after the attack by police officials at the station.
Police sources said that both the aggressor and the victim are homeless. The victim was identified as man from Georgia who was stabbed after the 37-year-old Moroccan man noticed he was wearing a crucifix. The victim is in serious condition in hospital.

The incident took place on Saturday 20 April but was revealed Tuesday by Salvini.

On announcing the incident, the minister said he had written to Italy’s prefects and police chiefs after the attack, telling them to increase checks and attention in places of aggregation of Islamic citizens in order to prevent any type of violence against innocent citizens.

 

Via RAI News

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