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| Vigil after Muslim graves damaged | Vigil after Muslim graves damaged |
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| About 50 people attended a vigil held at Manchester's Southern Cemetery after Muslim graves were desecrated for the third time in two months. | |
| The Unite Against Fascism peace vigil took take place at the cemetery on Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton at 1400 GMT. | |
| Police are treating the latest attack, which happened between 20 and 23 November and left about 20 graves damaged, as racially-motivated. | Police are treating the latest attack, which happened between 20 and 23 November and left about 20 graves damaged, as racially-motivated. |
| Headstones were also damaged on 29 September and again three days later. | Headstones were also damaged on 29 September and again three days later. |
| I hope they [the vandals] will try to understand the impact they're having on ordinary people Rev Sarah Brewerton Chorlton Central Church | I hope they [the vandals] will try to understand the impact they're having on ordinary people Rev Sarah Brewerton Chorlton Central Church |
| Mark Krantz, from the Chorlton Unite Against Fascism group, said: "This attack is designed to hurt the living. It is meant to bring hurt, hatred, and division. | Mark Krantz, from the Chorlton Unite Against Fascism group, said: "This attack is designed to hurt the living. It is meant to bring hurt, hatred, and division. |
| "Our response will be to build unity and solidarity." | "Our response will be to build unity and solidarity." |
| Rev Sarah Brewerton, from Chorlton Central Church, added that she hoped the vigil would show a united front against racism. | Rev Sarah Brewerton, from Chorlton Central Church, added that she hoped the vigil would show a united front against racism. |
| "When you go to visit loved ones at a grave you are already in a distressed state. Even worse to then find the desecration," she said. | "When you go to visit loved ones at a grave you are already in a distressed state. Even worse to then find the desecration," she said. |
| "We're hoping to gain some act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters in the community here in Manchester, but also as a statement that this is totally unacceptable behaviour. | "We're hoping to gain some act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters in the community here in Manchester, but also as a statement that this is totally unacceptable behaviour. |
| "I think it is a very sad state of affairs and I hope they [the vandals] will try to understand the impact they're having on ordinary people." | "I think it is a very sad state of affairs and I hope they [the vandals] will try to understand the impact they're having on ordinary people." |