Overview

• Carabinieri della stazione Flaminia carried out on-site inspections and technical-scientific surveys after the July 21 desecration.
• Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani condemned the damage as a grave attack on Matteotti’s memory and called for an unequivocal response.
• Deputy Roberto Morassut denounced the act as an affront to a Father of the Fatherland and urged the government to issue firm condemnation.
• One of four marble plaques installed in 1974 at the site where Matteotti was abducted has been repeatedly targeted, including destruction in 2017 and damage in June 2024.
• The recurring vandalism highlights broader tensions over preserving democratic memory and Italy’s reckoning with its fascist legacy.