On Thursday February 12, there were nearly 250 Jewish graves damaged in Sarre-Union, France. A 15 year old boy went to police and confessed that he had overturned some graves. He also said that there were four friends with him who were later taken into custody. A total of five 15-17 year old boys were taken into custody. All five of the boys were free of any criminal records in the past but could serve up to 7 years in prison. One boy claimed that it wasn't an anti-Semitic attack, and that they didn't know it was a Jewish Cemetery. They thought it was an abandoned cemetery. The attack was suspicious because there were two other attacks on Jewish cemeteries around Europe. In Poland and in New Zealand there was anti-Semitic graffiti written in cemeteries. Authorities don't know whether the attack at Sarre-Union was directed toward Jewish people or if it was just teenagers acting as teenagers.
McLaughlin, Eliott. "5 Teens in Custody after Jewish Cemetery Attack - CNN.com."CNN. Cable News Network, 18 Feb. 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/16/europe/france-jewish-cemetery-tombstones-damaged/>.
