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| Tomb of Karl Marx vandalised in London |
| 2019-02-06 |
| [Al Ahram] Vandals have smashed and defaced the London tomb of Karl Marx in what the cemetery said appeared to be a deliberate attack against the philosopher's ideology. A marble plaque with the names of Marx and his family -- the monument's oldest and most fragile part -- was repeatedly hit with a blunt metal instrument, Ian Dungavell, who runs the cemetery trust, told AFP on Tuesday. The damage was discovered on Monday, he said. "The name of Karl Marx seems to have been particularly singled out, so it wasn't just a random smashing up of a monument -- it seems a very assassination on Karl Marx," said Dungavell, chief executive of the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, the charity which runs the graveyard. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Tomb? Shouldn't he be in a most equal hole in the ground. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-02-06 19:00 |
| #9 What a shame...that this doesn't happen more often. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-02-06 16:13 |
| #8 the monument's oldest and most fragile part -- was repeatedly hit with a blunt metal instrument ...much like many victims of his ideology. |
| Posted by: Glolush Whusotch4899 2019-02-06 14:45 |
| #7 They should replace his statue with a toilet as he turned so many nations into shit. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-02-06 14:39 |
| #6 Surprised that this hasn't happened more often. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-02-06 14:19 |
| #5 it seems a very assassination on Karl Marx, He's dead, Jim. Which is only fair given the number of people who have suffered and died from his lame-ass ideology. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-02-06 09:25 |
| #4 Buried near The City? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-02-06 09:14 |
| #3 Dissatisfied customers. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2019-02-06 08:41 |
| #2 Good to see the monsters of history getting the treatment they deserve. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-02-06 03:49 |
| #1 He should have been buried in a massed grave like his adherents were. |
| Posted by: newc 2019-02-06 01:12 |