France creates anti-hate crime office amid anti-Semitic wave

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Last Updated : Dec 04 2019 | 6:20 PM IST

The French government is creating a national anti-hate crime office following the discovery of anti-Semitic graffiti at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France.

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner made the announcement Wednesday in the town of Westhoffen, where vandals scrawled swastikas and other anti-Semitic inscriptions on 107 tombs the day before.

Speaking alongside Jewish leaders, Castaner condemned the graffiti as a sign that "hate is on our national territory."

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First Published: Dec 04 2019 | 6:20 PM IST

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