Turin, Nassiriya war memorial vandalized

A bronze monument commemorating the fallen of Nassiriya was probably devastated in Turin, near Piazza d’Armi, during the night. The sculpture had been created by Osvaldo Moi, a sculptor and chief marshal of the Italian Army, and placed in 2006 in memory of the November 12, 2003, massacre in Iraq, or the explosion that killed 12 carabinieri, five soldiers and two civilians. The monument depicted nineteen human figures joined together. The work was torn from its base.

The incident is being investigated by the Carabinieri and Digos, as Mayor Chiara Appendino let it be known. “My thoughts and those of the city go back to the families of the victims,” she said. The municipality is checking whether it is possible to relocate the statue to its original position.

Turin, Nassiriya war memorial vandalized

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