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'Sickening' anti-Semitic attack on Manchester cemetery | 'Sickening' anti-Semitic attack on Manchester cemetery |
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Anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas have been daubed over gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Manchester. | Anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas have been daubed over gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Manchester. |
Greater Manchester Police said the attack at the cemetery in Rochdale Road, Blackley, was "sickening and cruel" racism. | Greater Manchester Police said the attack at the cemetery in Rochdale Road, Blackley, was "sickening and cruel" racism. |
In addition to the slogans and graffiti about 40 headstones were toppled by the vandals. | |
A Jewish charity said such incidents had decreased in Greater Manchester over the past three years. | |
'Diabolical discovery' | 'Diabolical discovery' |
Bernard Freeman, 88, visited his mother's grave to discover it had been toppled. | Bernard Freeman, 88, visited his mother's grave to discover it had been toppled. |
He said: "I come here to say a prayer to my mother and my father and tell them in my own way about the children, the grandchildren and great grandchildren - to come here and find this, it's diabolical, it really is." | |
"This is a sickening and cruel act of racism," said Insp Mike Reid. | "This is a sickening and cruel act of racism," said Insp Mike Reid. |
"The vandalism of a gravestone is, in itself, a sickening act but to violate the memory of those resting in the cemetery still further by daubing racial slurs on the graves is truly repulsive. | "The vandalism of a gravestone is, in itself, a sickening act but to violate the memory of those resting in the cemetery still further by daubing racial slurs on the graves is truly repulsive. |
"I cannot begin to get into the mind of someone who would commit such an atrocity." | "I cannot begin to get into the mind of someone who would commit such an atrocity." |
Greater Manchester had the UK's highest number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2011, but this has dropped according The Community Security Trust - a Jewish charity. | Greater Manchester had the UK's highest number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2011, but this has dropped according The Community Security Trust - a Jewish charity. |
"A lot of good work has been done by Greater Manchester Police and the Crown Prosecution Service - we hope this is is an isolated incident," said a trust spokesman. | "A lot of good work has been done by Greater Manchester Police and the Crown Prosecution Service - we hope this is is an isolated incident," said a trust spokesman. |