Andrea Saltini, an internationally renowned artist from Carpi, was stabbed in the neck by an unknown person. Police are on the trail of what at the moment appears to be a Catholic extremist, who disappeared after the incident.

Saltini's 'Gratia Plena' exhibition has come under fire from the most traditionalist circles of the Catholic world. Police investigations are underway, while there is no news regarding possible suspensions of the exhibition, whose conclusion is set for June 2nd.