Headstones smashed at Jewish cemeteries in Moldova, Hungary

Headstones were smashed and graves defaced at Jewish cemeteries in Hungary and Moldova.

At least five headstones were destroyed at a cemetery in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau on Saturday, the Jewish Community of Moldova said in a statement.

Swastikas, a pentagram and the number 666 were spray-painted on other headstones.

The same cemetery has been targeted for vandalism for three years straight, the statement said.

In a separate incident in Kecel, south of Budapest, three tombstones were smashed and human feces were found on a nearby headstone, the Mazsihisz umbrella group of Hungarian Jewish communities and the country’s EJC affiliate reported on its website.

Police are investigating the incident, Mazsihisz said.

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