MOSCOW (JTA) — Vandals damaged 19 gravestones in the Jewish section of a Russian cemetery.
Police are investigating the incident at the Marina Roshcha cemetery in Nizhny Novgorod, reported a May 27 article on Jewish.ru, according to the UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union.
Vandals have targeted the Marina Roshcha cemetery several times in recent years.
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