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Tomb of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen vandalised just weeks after his death (www.euronews.com)

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Police in France's western region of Brittany said they are investigating the damage to the grave, which was reportedly caused by a sledgehammer.

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[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau called the damage "an absolute abjection".

Yes, yes, we should be more respectful of the people whose core value is having no respect for anyone but themselves. People who will vandalise Jewish war cemeteries and spray paint the gravestones with swastikas, for example.