Artist accused of blasphemy stabbed in Carpi. Italian artist Andrea Saltini was stabbed at a church hosting an exhibition of his work.
The show, 'Gratia Plena', is at the center of a row because it features works that have been called blasphemous by some. The masked attacker entered Carpi's Sant'Ignazio church and started to slash paintings with a knife and spray paint over them, the sources said. When Saltini tried to stop him, the assailant cut his neck and fled, according to the sources.