To the west of Toulouse, a town shaken by damage to its cemetery
In Fontenilles (Haute-Garonne), at the start of the week, clumsy felt-tip drawings of swastikas, Christian crosses planted upside down, or Hitler’s name written on a grave with a childish misspelling “Hitlaire”.
“Pre-teen nonsense”
The excitement is such that the mayor of Fontenilles Christophe Tountevich leaves a note on his Facebook account.
The gendarmerie emphasizes thechildish writing and misspellings, they’re talking about pre-teen nonsenseslight and random degradation but the mayor insists on going to the end of his legal process and signing son filing a complaint, which will designate the opening of an investigation. He finds it disgusting that the memory of the elders is soiled and he thinks of the families of the deceased: “I am revolted, annoyed by this type of action, it is unacceptable, it sullies the memory of the deceased and the families, we cannot accept or excuse any jumpers who could be identified for ignoring this, I remain inflexible in the need to regain the tranquility of our village and its inhabitants.”
After the cemetery on Monday, upside-down swastikas were drawn Tuesday afternoon on four neighboring private garages.