1 December 2006
An explosion at a Holocaust memorial in western Belarus has caused minor damage to the monument, which honors the victims of the World War II ghetto in the city of Brest, JTA reports. A home-made device was planted and detonated under the wreaths and flower baskets, causing a fire that smeared the monument with soot. According to Boris Bruk, chairman of the Brest Jewish community, this was at least the sixth act of vandalism since the monument was unveiled 14 years ago. The Jewish community has protested the local authorities' refusal to open a criminal investigation into the incident, which police described as petty hooliganism.
