5 teens arrested after hundreds of Jewish graves vandalized in France

Five teenagers have been arrested in eastern France on suspicion of ransacking hundreds of graves in a Jewish cemetery.

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Some 250 graves were vandalized in Sarre-Union, a town in the Alsace region of France near the German border. There were reports that they had been painted with Swastikas. The crime was discovered on Sunday, but it's believed to have happened a few days earlier

The five, between ages 15 and 17, have no criminal records and their motives are unknown at this stage of the investigation, according to Le Monde . They face up to seven years in prison if convicted Read more...

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