Gravestones at Benghazi military cemetery, which were smashed and overturned earlier this year. Photograph: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters
Second World War Graves In Libya Desecrated Again -- The Guardian
Military graves desecrated in Benghazi in second such attack in four months.
Headstones on second world war military graves in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi have been desecrated again, in the second such attack in four months.
Khaled Al-Jazwi, a spokesman for the Benghazi local council, said the attack occurred on Thursday.
"We don't know yet who did this," said Jazwi. "We have spoken to the local council's security committee about investigating who is behind this. This cemetery has been here for decades and nothing like this has ever happened before."
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Update: World War Two graves in Libya desecrated again -- Reuters
My Comment: What a shame, and I doubt that the perpetrators of these desecrations will be brought to justice soon .... Libya just has too many problems right now.
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