In Serbia, they found and detained vandals who defiled the Eternal Flame at the memorial to the liberators of Belgrade. reported on the website of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Vandals turned out to be two young men – 22 and 17 years old. It is noted that they poured cement on the monument, and also put a trash can on it with the inscription “Liberators? No, never.”
A 22-year-old young man will soon appear before prosecutors , and against a minor a case was opened about the destruction and damage of other people’s things, as well as about incitement to hatred. “There are suspicions that earlier they damaged the monuments in the Kalemegdan fortress park, having stained them with drawings and offensive inscriptions,” the ministry added.
“I am amazed at the fact that criminals are so young. We should all ask ourselves what we must do so that the fascist evil does not poison any more young souls,” said the head of Ministry of Internal Affairs Serbia Alexander Vulin .
Memorial desecrated on the night of December 30. The Russian diplomatic mission then stated that “there is a cynical attempt to put Serbia on a par with some European countries, where the war with monuments to anti-fascists and the rewriting of history have become systemic.”
The solemn ceremony of lighting the Eternal Flame in the Memorial Park of the Liberators of Belgrade took place on December 15. For this purpose, a particle of the Eternal Flame was specially delivered from Moscow from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.