GRAVES VANDALIZED IN ENGLAND, HUNGARY

Graves vandalized in Hungary, England
Vandals have smashed and knocked over the headstones of about 130 graves in a Jewish cemetery in Budapest, the head of a Hungarian Jewish organisation said on Wednesday.

The cemetery was closed for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot on Monday and Tuesday and the damage to the graves, made of granite and marble, was only discovered on Wednesday, Gusztav Zoltai, director of the Jewish organisation Mazsihisz, told Reuters.....

Police are investigating the vandalism of Jewish graves in a cemetery located in London's east end. Vandals broke open the gates of cemetery in West Ham and vandalized nearly 100 headstones.

Overall, 87 stones were pushed over or snapped, police said. In addition, the door to the Rothschild family mausoleum was smashed open. Meanwhile two inverted swastikas were spray-painted on four headstones and neo-Nazi graffiti was drawn on entrance to the mausoleum.

The damage was discovered Sunday by police, who believe that the attack was carried out two weeks before.