The shock this Sunday for families in the Muslim square of the Mulhouse communal cemetery. “Elements of decoration of the tombs, such as flowers, vases, statuettes, were found scattered on the ground of the cemetery” Saturday evening, explained Michèle Lutz, the mayor of the city (LR). “But I would like to point out that the graves as such have not been desecrated”, specifies the elected official.
Degradations condemned by the mayor and made the CFCM and other elected officials react. “I condemn these facts. A grave is a symbol that must be respected, I understand that the families were shocked by what they saw, added Michèle Lutz. A cemetery must remain a place of meditation and serenity. “
“Cowardly and odious, an outrage against the collective conscience”
At least one person has filed a complaint. “It is a cowardly and odious act, an outrage to the collective conscience,” denounced on Twitter the president of the Grand-Est Regional Council, Jean Rottner, former mayor of Mulhouse. He wished “that the whole truth could be made out. Quick “. The deputy for Haut-Rhin, Bruno Fuchs (Democratic Movement), also condemned “by all means [ses] forces desecration ”, indicating that the victims were“ invited to go to the police station to lodge a complaint ”.
The French Council of Muslim Worship (CFCM) condemned these acts, specifying on Twitter that “almost all” the graves were “ransacked”. He called on the public authorities to “do everything possible to find the perpetrators of this abject act”.
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