70 Graves Wrecked near Dunkerque

Country: France

Date of incident: September 7, 2009


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