About fifty tombs were degraded in the cemetery of Osséja, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, and an investigation was opened, said the mayor of the town, Roger Ciurana, on Thursday. It is a family, come to meditate Wednesday afternoon, who warned the town hall after having noted the degradations, which did not exist the day before at 6 p.m., when it had also passed, specified the elected official with AFP.
"Fifty out of 400 graves have been degraded, over two thirds of the cemetery's surface," added the councilor. Bouquets of flowers were thrown, statuettes and vases broken, crosses turned upside down and some memorial plaques broken or moved between the graves, said Roger Ciurana.
An open investigation
"It is shocking for the families and for us, the elected officials," deplored the mayor of the city.
There was no attempt to open a tomb, nor any registrations, he said, adding that the investigation was carried out by the Prades Research Brigade, which is working on the file with the gendarmerie. from Bourg-Madame. "I tend to focus on the idea of stupidity by young people," said Roger Ciurana.
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