Zurich judiciary must deal with Sanija Ameti’s shooting
Published: Thursday, Oct 10th 2024, 14:40
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The Zurich public prosecutor's office has received around a dozen complaints against GLP politician Sanija Ameti. The judiciary must investigate whether Ameti's shots at a picture of Jesus and Mary constitute a violation of religious freedom and freedom of worship.
The criminal charges have been received and are being processed, a spokesperson for the Zurich public prosecutor's office confirmed to Keystone-SDA in a report by the "Limmattaler Zeitung". Shortly after the shooting of the co-president of Operation Libero became known at the beginning of September, the Young SVP Switzerland and Mass-Voll had already announced charges.
If Ameti is convicted of disturbing freedom of religion and worship, she could face a fine. According to the report, she is also accused of other offenses. However, the spokesperson did not comment on this.
Ameti's Instagram post with the shots from the air pistol had far-reaching consequences: she lost her job at a PR agency and resigned from the leadership of the GLP Canton of Zurich.
The GLP Switzerland announced at the time that the 32-year-old's continued membership of the party would damage its reputation and considered the conditions for exclusion proceedings to be met. This is being examined.
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