Unidentified overthrew the cross on the grave of Stepan Bandera in Munich

Unidentified knocked over a stone cross on the grave of Stepan Bandera in Munich, said Last news employee of the press service of the police Department of the Bavarian capital Constanta Spitzweg located on the site of the event.

" We can assure you that the grave was damaged. On the tomb is the cross size of the estimated 1, 8 meter by 1 meter, it knocked down, " said the Commissioner of police. Bandera was buried at the city cemetery Waldfriedhof. Messages of several media about the fact that the grave was as if blown, the interlocutor of the Agency to assure failed.

" We do not know, but it doesn't look like an explosion, " said Spitzer. Her expression law enforcement agencies have launched an investigation.

" We are at the place, at first there will be recorded traces. An investigation is under way, " said the Commissioner of police.

Stepan Bandera was one of the founders of the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) in 1942, which operated mainly in Western Ukraine and fought against German troops, and against the Soviet army. Glorification of Bandera in Ukraine drawn criticism from many veterans of the great Patriotic war and politicians. Part of society in the West of Ukraine believes his fighter for independence, for most people on the East and South of Ukraine, Bandera and the UPA are accomplices of the Nazis.


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