More than 40 gravestones have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in the German town of Geilenkirchen, the Bild newspaper reported on Monday.
According to accounts in the German media, two masked men arrived at the Jewish cemetery at approximately 3 a.m. Monday morning and proceeded to knock over dozens of gravestones and deface some of them with blue paint.
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The two were arrested near the crime scene following a tip from a witness to the act of vandalism who alerted the authorities.
According to Bild, the two men, 21 and 33, both known as far-right extremists, were briefly detained and released. Law enforcement has opened an investigation into the incident.
Just a few days ago, a similar crime was reported in Slovakia, where some 20 gravestones were vandalized in the country's north.
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
