More war graves desecrated

LILLE - Two more first World War military cemeteries have been desecrated in northern France, taking to three the number of French…

LILLE - Two more first World War military cemeteries have been desecrated in northern France, taking to three the number of French war cemeteries violated in the past few days, justice sources said yesterday.

About fifty tombstones were broken in the British Bouyan cemetery, and three in the Canadian Orange Hill cemetery, in the Pas-de-Calais department.

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