BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

06/07/2007

Jewish Cemetery Vandalized In Belarus

Vandals knocked down four gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Mogilyov, Belarus, according to a June 28 report by the AEN news agency. Relatives of those buried in the graves appealed to the police. One officer reportedly theorized that a windstorm might have brought down the tombstones. However, Naum Ioffe, a local Jewish leader, told AEN that there have been no strong storms in Mogilyov in recent days, calling the policeman's theory "fantastic." This is not the first time that the cemetery has been vandalized.

Source:

http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/070607BM.shtml