Rome prosecutors have opened a probe
into last week's Van Gogh soup attack by climate activists in
Rome, judicial sources said Monday
Three members of the Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) group
threw vegetable soup on the Dutch master's The Sower in Palazzo
Bonaparte on Friday, but the painting was not damaged since it
is behind glass, like other recent international art targets of
climate activism.
Carabinieri said the three young women may face charges of
"damaging, despoiling, vandalizing, and the illicit use of
cultural goods".
They said the possible charges carried prison terms of up to
five years.
A member of Ultima Generazione called Michele told ANSA: "We're
not bothered by the investigation and we're going ahead because
we want to highlight the responsibilities of the real criminals.
"The government is starting to fight us because it knows it is
criminal and it is hiding its head in the sand. The Italian
State is the sixth biggest investor of public money in fossil
fuels as well as Saudi Arabia and Russia. It is not accident
that (UN chief Antonio) Guterres has just said that 'humanity
must make a choice: collaborate or die'. These are Guterres'
words, against a criminal government".
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