Over a hundred graves in a Jewish cemetery in France painted with a swastika

Near Strasbourg, vandals abused 107 Jewish graves. Macron said the government will fight anti-Semitic crimes.

In the city of Westhoffen near Strasbourg in France, vandals painted 107 graves with swastika and anti-Semitic graffiti. It is reported by CNN on Thursday, December 5th.

“This is a menacing act of anti-Semitism for which attackers will be punished”, – said French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, who noticed the swastika and graffiti on the graves while visiting the cemetery.

In turn, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the government will fight against anti-Semitic crimes.

“Anti-Semitism is a crime, and we will fight it, in Westhoffeni and everywhere”, – Macron said.

Earlier in the center of Kiev, vandals desecrated a monument to a Jewish writer. The desecration of the monument to the classic of Jewish literature Sholom Aleichem in the center of the capital should have been recorded by cameras.