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Swiss prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a Zurich councillor and former Green Liberal Party leader after she posted images of herself firing approximately 20 shots at a Christian image depicting the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus.
According to the Swiss news outlet 20 Minuten, the Zurich public prosecutor’s office accuses Sanija Ameti of publicly disparaging religious beliefs and disturbing religious peace under Article 261 of the Swiss Penal Code.
The code penalizes anyone “who publicly and maliciously insults or mocks the religious convictions of others, and in particular their belief in God, or maliciously desecrates objects of religious veneration.”
The incident occurred in September 2024, when Ameti used an air pistol to shoot at a reproduction of the 14th-century painting “Madonna with Child and the Archangel Michael” by the artist Tommaso del Mazza.
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According to the Swiss news outlet 20 Minuten, the Zurich public prosecutor’s office accuses Sanija Ameti of publicly disparaging religious beliefs and disturbing religious peace under Article 261 of the Swiss Penal Code.
The code penalizes anyone “who publicly and maliciously insults or mocks the religious convictions of others, and in particular their belief in God, or maliciously desecrates objects of religious veneration.”
The incident occurred in September 2024, when Ameti used an air pistol to shoot at a reproduction of the 14th-century painting “Madonna with Child and the Archangel Michael” by the artist Tommaso del Mazza.
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Swiss politician faces court after firing 20 shots at image of Mary and Jesus
The Zurich public prosecutor’s office accuses Sanija Ameti of publicly disparaging religious beliefs and disturbing religious peace.
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