Stolen Banksy mural commemorating Bataclan attack in Paris found in Italy

The artwork has been recovered after police stormed a farmhouse in Abruzzo, eastern Italy.

A Banksy mural stolen from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where terrorists killed 90 people in 2015, has been found in Italy.

The image of a mourning veiled woman was painted on an emergency exit door of the venue by the British street artist, who chooses to keep his identity a secret, in memory of the victims of the attack in November 2015.

It was cut out and removed from the venue in 2019 by a “group of hooded individuals armed with angle grinders” who drove away with it in a van, French prosecutors said at the time.

But yesterday, after extensive investigations across Europe, police searched a farmhouse in Teramo, in the eastern Italian region of Abruzzo, and found the mural.

Michele Renzo, the head of the L’Aquila district prosecutor’s office, told Italian newspaper La Repubblica: “The finding was possible following investigations conducted by the district prosecutor in collaboration with the police and the French investigators.”

He gave no details about the suspects or the people who own the farmhouse, but promised to release further information soon.

Islamic terrorists forced their way into the Bataclan venue during a rock concert as part of coordinated attacks on the French capital that killed 130 people.

Source: SkyNews