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| Vandals daub swastika near Notre Dame |
| 2004-08-14 |
| Vandals have daubed a swastika and written "death to the Jews" on a wall in front of Paris's Notre Dame cathedral overnight, police say. The act of vandalism, the first in Paris since a series of desecrations recently at Jewish, Muslim and Christian cemeteries in eastern France, was discovered on Saturday on the day Pope John Paul began a two-day pilgrimage to Lourdes in the southwest. The facade of the Gothic cathedral, one of the best-known churches in the Catholic world, was untouched, police said. "Writing was found on one of the low walls ... in front of the cathedral," a police spokesman said. "Three stones of the low wall were also worked loose but were left in place." Church officials notified police of the incident on Saturday morning. The public prosecutor has asked the police to open an inquiry, the spokesman said. The mayor of Paris, condemning the vandalism, said that the anti-semitic sign and words had been removed and the stones put back in place. The incident "inspires me with as much sadness as disgust," Betrand Delanoe said in a statement. "I sincerely hope that the writers of this new insult to the values of our civilisation will be rapidly identified and severely punished." |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #5 What the Hell? Don't Make me get up! Oh, France, never mind. |
| Posted by: The Gipper 2004-08-14 7:38:10 PM |
| #4 It could be they are. I bet they will blame the most recent stuff on "The Joos" |
| Posted by: Flamebait93268 2004-08-14 6:52:10 PM |
| #3 I found the following article in the 30/07/04 paper edition of the Jerusalem Post: SKINHEADS ARRESTED FOR DESECRATION Paris - Two skinheads were arrested Thursday in Bar de Luc in eastern France in connection with the desecration of a monument in memory of the Jewish soldiers who were killed in action during World War 1. The monument near Verdun was defaced in May with huge swastikas. The two youths, who were not named, "are young people with little brains who acted more out of stupidity rather than out of real conviction," said Amaury Lacote, deputy state prosecutor of the Verdun area. This position was not shared by the Ministry of Justice, which wants the two sued for "defacing monument in concerted action," an offence punishable by a five-year sentence and a euro 75,000 fine. Michel Zlotowski Couldn't find the article anywhere on the internet. Could it be that the French are ASHAMED of arresting these people? |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-08-14 3:19:32 PM |
| #2 Oh-oh. Fucking with the tourist attractions? They might actually do something about this one. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-14 1:58:37 PM |
| #1 The act of vandalism, the first in Paris since a series of desecrations recently at Jewish, Muslim and Christian cemeteries in eastern France There was, what, one Muslim cemetery involved? But naturally, they gotta mention it, because not doing so wouldn't be "balanced". |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-08-14 1:54:51 PM |