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Romanian Jews decry 'worst act of vandalism in recent times'
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, vandalism 

Officials say that 200 graves and 100 monuments have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Bucharest.

Romanian Jewish community spokesman Paul Schwartz says it is the "worst act of vandalism in the nation in recent times." He says the destruction was discovered early Thursday in the Jewish Cemetery in south Bucharest.

Police confirmed the vandalism, and Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu has
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alled for an investigation.

The ministry issued a statement saying it firmly condemns all kinds of
manifestations of this kind, as well as other anti-Semitic, xenophobic and racist acts.

Romania has a small Jewish population of 6,000, most of them elderly.

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