The police are investigating the destruction of twelve headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Osijek in eastern Croatia.The secretary of the Jewish community Drago Kohn said that this is the first time that something like this has happened in Osijek, but that they are doubtful that the destruction is the result of vandalism."On Saturday one of our members visited the graveyard and seven headstones in the same row were destroyed. We think it is impossible that age or weather has done this."Most of the graves at the cemetery date back to the 19th or the first part of 20th century. The cemetery is rarely used for funerals today.Osijek's public firm Ukop (Burial) that is responsible for the city's cemeteries pledged their support for the restitution of the headstones, the Croatian daily Jutarnji List reports.
Source: Croatian Times Online News
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