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Headstone smashed at Jewish cemetery in Estonia
The incident occurred on the weekend in the Baltic nation’s capital city, according to a report by the Israel-based Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism.
Several headstones were knocked over and a dog was let loose at a Jewish cemetery in Tallinn, Estonia.
The incident occurred Saturday or Sunday in the Baltic nation’s capital city, according to a report by the Israel-based Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism.
On Monday, the organisation’s website published pictures from the cemetery showing overturned headstones and canine footprints on earth atop a burial plot.
The pictures and report did not mention any hate graffiti or other indications that the incident was a hate crime.
Estonia, which has very few antisemitic incidents, is home to about 2,500 Jews.
The Jewish cemetery in Tallinn desecrated #Desecration #Estonia https://t.co/jqjo4URI2r pic.twitter.com/TloFHIW2OZ
— The Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism (@cfcantisemitism) June 24, 2019
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