100 German tombs from both world wars desecrated in France

Almost 100 tombs belonging to German soldiers killed in the two world wars were desecrated overnight at a cemetery in eastern France, according to police.

Crosses were broken and tombstones overturned in the Guebwiller Franco-German cemetery in the Alsace region. The vandalism affected 95 tombs.

An offensive message was written on at least one of the tombs, the Haut-Rhin departmental police authority said, without giving further details....