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More graves damaged in latest French cemetery attack

Several tombstones were broken in the southwestern town of Bayonne

January 7, 2020 17:40
A view of the Jewish cemetery in Bayonne on Tuesday — the damaged graves are not shown

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Around a dozen graves in a Jewish cemetery in southwestern France have been discovered smashed in what could be the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks across the country.

Deborah Loupien-Suares, the leader of the Jewish community in the towns of Bayonne and Biarritz, said she discovered several tombstones and a commemorative plaque broken while visiting the graveyard on Sunday.

The plaque was reportedly dedicated to a girl who was deported during the Second World War.

Authorities said an investigation was underway.