Overview

• Carabinieri found offensive writing and a hammer‑and‑sickle symbol on the monument in Piazzale dei Cinquecento before the day’s pro‑Palestine demonstration.
• Police documented the damage and initiated procedures to remove the graffiti from the statue’s base.
• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the act as indecent during remarks in Assisi, and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani also denounced the vandalism.
• The perpetrators remain unidentified and no arrests have been announced as investigative steps continue.
• Images circulated in recent days showed a keffiyeh placed on the statue, preceding the latest act that targeted the monument.