Jewish cemetery in Manchester vandalised overnight
Fourteen headstones were smashed at the Blackley Jewish cemetery in Charlestown, north-east Manchester, on Wednesday night. Chief Superintendent Wasim Chaudhry from Greater Manchester Police issued a statement describing the vandalism as “a sickening act of antisemitism which we are taking very seriously.” He said that the attack appeared to be “deliberate and targeted” with “clear racial motivation”. The vandals appear to have climbed over the perimeter wall and broken gravestones at random around the cemetery. Chaudry promised to “do everything we can to find out who is responsible and bring the full force of the law down on them” and appealed for any witnesses to come forward.
14 gravestones at Blackley #Jewish Cemetery in #Manchester today were vandalized today #antisemitism pic.twitter.com/7ztudQvPCd
— Semyon Dovzhik (@semyondovzhik) May 19, 2016