Updated Tuesday 7am- A new fake Mepa notice was found at the Metanoia Theatre in Triq il-Gdida Luqa yesterday evening.

In the afternoon, the second fake notice was found at the Salesian Theatre in Sliema .

Both purported to show that a development application had been filed for the site to be turned into a mosque.

A similar notice was found at the former Rialto Theatre in Cospicua in the morning, prompting Mepa to call in the police.

In a statement after the first notice was found, Mepa confirmed that it was a fake.  

In 2010, the authority had scheduled the Rialto cinema as a Grade 2 protected national monument.

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The Labour Party (which owns the Rialto) said the 'notice' fixed on the property was a total fake and there was no pending development application over the site.

It said that this incident 'coincidentally'  had happened amidst a scare campaign about the American University of Malta (part of whose campus will be across the creek).

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