The prosecution opened an investigation for violation of graves or monuments initiated in memory of deaths committed because of race, ethnicity, nation, religion.
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The prefect of Oise condemns “despicable acts”. Ten Jewish steles were discovered defaced on Wednesday November 15 in the German military cemetery from the First World War in Moulin-sous-Touvent, the department’s prefecture announced. The national gendarmerie has “immediately launched an investigation” And the Compiègne public prosecutor’s office was informed of the facts.
The prosecution has opened an investigation for violation of graves or monuments initiated in memory of deaths committed because of race, ethnicity, nation, religion, he told AFP. Cemetery “brings together 1,903 Christian and Jewish burials of German soldiers who fought during the First World War”, detailed the prefecture. The prefect of Oise, Catherine Séguin, sent a “message of support and peace to descendants” soldiers whose tomb “has just been desecrated.”
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