“Jewish Monkey” graffiti scrawled across bust of Italian anti-fascist
This week, a bust of the Italian anti-fascist Guglielmo Miliocchi was defaced with graffiti that says “Scimmia Ebrea” (Jewish Monkey).
The bust is located in the gardens next to the church of Sant’Ercolano in Perugia, in central Italy.
Andrea Romizi, Mayor of Perugia, said that there will be an investigation. A statement on the official website of Umbria, the region in which Perugia is the capital, said that “the vandalism was strongly condemned by the entire administration”.
It added: “It offends the Perugian community and will be the subject of a thorough investigation by the local police to reach the authors as soon as possible.”
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