Four arrests for the desecration of a Greek cemetery in Istanbul
Four people were arrested for illegal excavation in the cemetery of Agios Eleftherios of the Greek minority in the Tataula area of Istanbul.
On the morning of last Friday, August 23, cemetery officials noticed that unknown persons, who probably entered the fenced area of the cemetery by jumping over the wall, had dug up the soil.
No damages were found in tombs, nor in the temple.
There are guard dogs in the area and from the condition the officers found them in, it is estimated that the people who entered gave them some narcotic or hypnotic substance so that they would not react to their presence.
The Istanbul Public Security Department said in a statement that the illegal excavation took place at approximately 4:50 a.m. on August 23, and a 6-meter pit was found to have been dug.
The Police traced the traces of the suspects to the suburb of Kiucuk Cekmetze in the west of Istanbul, from where they reached Tataula using two cars.
In the possession of the suspects were found and confiscated 48 pages of documents on locations and instructions for locating hidden treasures, a metal detector, six pieces of explosives used to break rocks, a scribbler and an air gun.
Source: Skai
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