A cat was yesterday found nailed upside down on a wooden cross, which was hung on the gates of the Mosta primary school.

Three were found last year, also nailed upside down

The gruesome discovery in Grognet Street was made at about 7am by a passer-by, who immediately informed the police.

This is the fourth feline crucifixion in the area.

Three were found last year, also nailed upside down.

Police sources said a note, sealed with tape, was stuck to the wooden cross, just like in the previous incident. It was taken away for examination.

The cat was covered with a black bag, hiding the dead animal from children walking into school.

Exactly a month before, on December 16, a cat was found hanging on the iron grating surrounding the statue of St Joseph in Mosta.

This incident came 10 months after another cat was found nailed to a wooden cross on a door in Baskal Buhagiar Street on February 10 just before 7am.

A light brown kitten had been found crucified upside down on January 17, attached to the gate of a chapel in San Anton Abbati Street.

Last year, two puppies were found crucified in Mosta. On October 16, a priest walking along Main Street was confronted by the macabre sight of a dead dog nailed to an inverted wooden cross.

On November 16, a Chihuahua cross-breed was found in the same manner on the gates of the Sacred Heart oratory.

In both cases, there was a note in which the perpetrator said the suffering s/he had endured was worse than that of the dog.