St. Petersburg, Russia – Tombstones in a Jewish cemetery were vandalized.
Thevandals painted swastikas and extremist graffiti on seven headstones in a graveyard that previously has seen some of the worst acts of cemetery vandalism in recent years.
Police are investigating the incident.
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In a separate incident, a swastika and the word "kikes" were painted on a Holocaust memorial inside a local Jewish cemetery in the city of Kaliningrad in western Russia. [JTA]
Im so sick of this, every day another Russian cemetery is vandalized. What actions are we taking to halt it from continuing??
We must press our politicians to mount pressure on Russian authorities to increas security including full time video survelience.