Sad discovery, on the sculpture "The three balloons", installed near the cathedral of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, at the foot of the Pyrenees.
Swastikas and the inscription "who?"
"Were engraved on this work by Philippe Berry, brother of actor Richard Berry, AFP learned on Friday from the Saint-Gaudens prosecutor's office in Haute-Garonne.
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This short question engraved on the sculpture recalls "very clearly the sign of Metz", declared to AFP the prosecutor of Saint-Gaudens, Christophe Amunzateguy.
The magistrate thus refers to “but who?
”Appearing on the anti-Semitic sign held by a demonstrator in the prefecture of Moselle last week during a demonstration against the health pass.
Her detainee was arrested a few days after the mobilization and placed in police custody.
Complaint filed
"Shame" reacted this Thursday Richard Berry, on his Twitter account.
Philippe, who died in 2019 at the age of 63, and Richard Berry, come from a Jewish family in Oran (Algeria).
The actor had protested a few days earlier against the anti-Semitic gesture of the Metz protester.
Shame !
https://t.co/S9dNKqIXvg
- Richard Berry (@RichardBerry) August 12, 2021
The president of the departmental council of Haute-Garonne, owner of the work, lodged a complaint.
The gendarmes of the Toulouse research section and the Saint-Gaudens research brigade were charged with the investigation "against these filthy acts", added the prosecutor.