Suderve, Lithuania - Cemetery Desecrated

Suderve, Lithuania - A Jewish cemetery near the Lithuanian capital was desecrated, with 19 tombstones toppled and some smashed.

Simonas Alperavicius, head of the country's Jewish community, said the attack at the cemetery in Suderve, 26 kilometers (16 miles) east of the capital, Vilnius, probably took place sometime on Saturday night. "This is an act of vandalism and those who did it must be found and prosecuted," Alperavicius said. Alperavicius said he did not know the motive behind the attack, but speculated that it could be linked to the 65th anniversary of the June 23, 1941 uprising of Lithuanian nationalists against the Soviet Union. Police did not immediately comment on the attack.