70 Graves Wrecked near Dunkerque

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Vandalism (all)
  • Intolerance towards Religious Symbols

70 graves were wrecked in the cemetery of Coudekerque-Branche. Memorial plaques, funeral ornaments and urns were found broken into pieces and laying on the ground. Rocks were also thrown on numerous graves, thus damaging them. David Bailleul, the mayor of Coudekerque-Branche, condems these “obnoxious, unacceptable and scandalous acts”.

Source:
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Dunkerque/actualite/Secteur_Dunkerque/2009/09/09/article_coudekerque-branche-soixante-dix-tombes.shtml