Tag: cemetery

Armenian cemeteries destroyed in Iran

The Iranian government has not intervened or indicated that they seek to seek to preserve the Christian minority sites.

French cemetery vandalised five times in ten days

The local authorities decided to temporarily close the cemetery until further notice.

Fifteen bronze statues stolen from French cemetery

All the statues weigh at least fifty kilos and some of them are almost one meter high.

A hundred graves vandalised in a Luxembourg cemetery

Officials from the town hall of Differdange lodged a complaint with the police, and appealed for witnesses.

Italian cemetery reconsacrated after "red light meetings"

The sanctity of the place has been violated.

A cemetary vandalised in Southern Poland

About ten people complained about the devastation of crosses and tombstones at the beginning of both January and February.

Twenty-five tombs were vandalised in a Christian cemetery in France

On the 18th of January, local citizens found the cemetery of Saint-Jean d’Assé, in Sarthe, France vandalised.

Cemetery desecrated in Fontainebleau, France

On the night of the 27th of the December, sixty-seven tombs were damaged in the municipal cemetery of Fontainebleau.

A cemetery was vandalised in the French city of Saint-Urbain

Ornamental shells from the war memorial were uprooted and private tombstones were smashed.

French cemetery vandalised three times in July

The vandals also attempted to open several vaults.