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100 gravestones desecrated in New Jewish Cemetery in Riga
BC, Riga, 08.12.2010.
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Print versionVandals overnight have desecrated over 100 gravestones in New Jewish Cemetery on Lizuma Street in Riga. White swastikas were painted on them, writes LETA.
A cemetery security guard noticed the tainted gravestones this morning, and notified the police.
The State Police and the Riga City Council were informed immediately.
Investigators are working at the scene. Scheduled to arrive at 12 noon are Riga City Executive Juris Radzevics, Riga Municipal Police Chief Janis Gedusevs and other officials.
This same cemetery was desecrated in September of 2003, and the guilty parties received suspended sentences in 2005.
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