Vandals Strike at Jewish Cemetery

April 2, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7327435.stm

Vandals have desecrated between 30 to 40 tombs and gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in east London, police said.

Officers said they are treating the incident at Plashet Cemetery in East Ham as a religiously motivated attack.

The vandals smashed headstones and tombs, pulled up marble surrounds, damaged railings and started a small fire against one wall of the cemetery.