Swastika on a gravestone in Cherepovets

On the night of July 2-3, 2005, in Cherepovets, at cemetery No. 4 (in Zarechye), unknown vandals turned out a tombstone and painted a swastika with white paint.

Witnesses to the crime could not be found. A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 214 ("vandalism"). Work is underway to identify the persons involved in the commission of this crime. Some locals suspect Satanists.

For more information, see the Religion in a Secular Society website .

Sources

• Regional News: Speech: Grave Defilers // Wobla.Ru. 2005. July 8. (An article by Tatyana Kovacheva from the local newspaper Rech.)