London - Shock Over Jewish Cemetery Desecration

London - Fourteen gravestones at the Brady Street cemetery in Whitechapel were knocked over, and police are now trying to track down two individuals who were seen running from the scene.

The graveyard, where more than 10,000 Jews are buried, is located in an area of London which was vastly populated by Jews during the 1900s. Although Jewish people have on the whole since moved from the area, known as the East End of London, the cemetery is still overseen by the United Synagogue, the mainstream religious organization in the UK.

The US will replace any broken pieces of gravestone and any that were left intact would be placed at the side of the grave.

The local police Chief Inspector Nick Hancock, said the investigation into the attack would be thorough. "I and the Metropolitan Police Service take any attack on any religious premises, particularly cemeteries as very serious as it threatens the confidence of the community in their way of life," he stressed. "I want to commit the best possible response to investigating and dealing with this."