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Dozens of graves vandalised in Denmark Jewish cemetery

Up to 80 headstones were daubed in green paint while others were overturned, police say

November 11, 2019 14:18
The headstones were daubed with green paint

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Dozens of graves at a 200-year-old Jewish cemetery in Denmark were desecrated with graffiti over the weekend.

Police in Randers said some headstones had been overturned and that no words or symbols were discernible on those that had been daubed.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said it was “both an attack against Danish Jews and against all of us”.

Up to 80 graves were reported to have been targeted by the vandals.

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