The police have found a dead cat crucified upside down on the gate of a chapel at Triq San Anton Abbati in Mosta.
The gruesome discovery was made at about 3.45 a.m. by a police patrol.
It is the third such discovery in Mosta.
On November 16, a crucified dog was found upside down on the gate of the Oratory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Exactly a month previously, a puppy was found in the same condition nailed to the door of a house where a murder took place many years ago.
A note was found in the first two cases but not in today's discovery. The cat found today could have been placed there late yesterday, meaning all three cases took place on the 16th of the month.