Another cat has been found dead and crucified to a piece of wood in Mosta.

The macabre discovery was made this morning on the railings near the main door of a primary school. The police kept school children well away from the scene.

This was the latest in a series of such gruesome acts, most of which took place on or around the 16th day of the month. 

Six dead cats and dogs have been found crucified in Mosta since October 16, 2011 when a cat was found crucified on the door of the former residence of Franġisku Buhagiar, who had been accused in court of murdering his sister.

The last case was on December 16 when a cat was found dead near the statue of St Joseph in Main Street.

On February 10 last year a cat was found crucified and hanging upside down from a cross in Baskal Buhagiar Street. Another cat was discovered crucified in Mosta on January 17 last year. It had been found hanging to the gate of a chapel in Triq San Anton Abbati.

On  November 16 2011, a Chihuahua cross-breed was found crucified on the gates of the oratory of the Sacred Heart. A month earlier, on October 16, a priest walking along Main Street found a dead puppy nailed to an upside down wooden cross.

In both cases there was a note in which the perpetrator said the suffering he or she had gone through was worse than that of the dog.

The first incident had led investigators to follow a potential link with a 1999 murder since the house where that puppy was found was where Franġisku Buhagiar, now aged 81, had shot dead his sister following a bizarre argument over burnt toast.

Mr Buhagiar, who served a 10-year jail term, denied any connection to the incident.

 

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