Overview

• During Sunday Mass, a 75-year-old parishioner gave Don Maurizio Patriciello a 9 mm bullet wrapped in a handkerchief.
• A journalist beside the altar noticed the round and raised the alarm as Carabinieri present in the church detained and arrested the man.
• Italy’s leaders condemned the act, and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said he will visit the priest to demonstrate state support.
• Police say the suspect is locally known and reportedly has a psychological illness, and his daughter is married to a local Camorra boss.
• Investigators suspect a clan ordered the threat, while the arrested man refused to name handlers, telling police he feared being killed.