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By RFI
About 30 Muslim graves have been desecrated in Carcassone, south-west France. A legal inquiry has been launched to find the perpetrators and punish them.

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The damage was discovered Friday morning by a guard at the cemetery Meinau, located in the south of the city, told AFP deputy mayor in charge of security and Worship, Oliver Bitz. He had initially talked about 20-30 graves desecrated.

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Vandals attacked at least 20 graves, uprooting or demolishing headstones and timber grave marker boards, at the multi-faith Harehills Cemetery in Leeds. Fencing around graves was ripped up and motorcycle tyre marks were left behind along with beer cans and bottles.