Polish children destroy dozens of Jewish headstones while trying to build a fort

Several children in Poland toppled 63 headstones of Jewish graves because they wanted to use the slabs to build a fortress, they told police.

The group of five 12-year-olds had been working on the project for several days at the disused graveyard in Wroclaw, in western Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza reported.

Police stopped them upon hearing hammering noises. Some of the headstones were smashed. Others were partially damaged and knocked down.

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