A mural depicting Italian Jewish survivors of the Holocaust has been defaced in Milan.

Painted on a wall, the iconic image depicts Liliana Segre, an Italian senator and fellow survivor Sami Modiano, wearing striped concentration camp uniforms and khaki bulletproof vests.

But, following an act of vandalism earlier this week, their faces and yellow Stars of David have been scratched out.

Ms Segre, 94, was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp as a child, survived, and is now a member of the Italian senate, the upper house of parliament.

The mural was painted by aleXsandro Palombo, a prominent Italian artist, whose work often touches on political themes.

It was unveiled in late September and was intended to serve as a reminder of the Holocaust and a rise in antisemitism across Europe.