Members of a pro-Palestine protest in Rome reportedly defaced a statue honouring the late Pope John Paul II with graffiti that described him as a “fascist”.

The statue of Pope John Paul II in the Piazza Cinquecento outside of Rome’s Termini railway station was spray-painted with the communist hammer and sickle symbol and the words “fascist shit”. Meanwhile, a keffiyeh headdress was wrapped around the statue’s neck.

The act of vandalism was discovered on September 26th by the Carabinieri national gendarmerie following a pro-Palestine demonstration in the Italian capital, La Repubblica reported on Saturday.

Responding to the incident, Deputy Italian PM Matteo Salvini remarked, “Desperately seeking a brain for these poor imbeciles.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the

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