Pogrom at the cemetery in Baltiysk

At the cemetery in Baltiysk (Kaliningrad region), vandals destroyed about 70 tombstones and grave crosses. At the regional police department, an Interfax correspondent was told that there was no selectivity in the actions of the vandals. "Judging by the first conclusions made on the basis of numerous traces of unknown persons, the hooligans, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, destroyed all the graves in a row," the agency reports. A criminal case has been initiated into the incident. An investigation is underway.

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• In the Kaliningrad region, unknown people destroyed dozens of monuments and crosses in the cemetery // Interfax-religion. 2007. May 11.