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Thursday, 25 July 2013 - 08:24

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Graves Destroyed Borne

At a cemetery in Borne, Twente, 17 graves have been destroyed. The police reported this on Wednesday. A day earlier a witness reported that there was someone stealing items from the graves. The police could not find the man, but research showed on Wednesday that there were 17 graves damaged. Presumably, copper and bronze statues were stolen from these graves.

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