Vandals desecrate monument ahead of Victory Day May 14, 2008
By Adam Mullett VILNIUS - Vandals have defiled a poignant Soviet Era monument on the Green Bridge by spray painting red swastikas and leaving a fake bomb at its base ahead of the massive Victory Day celebrations, which commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
Police called on a bomb removal squad to handle the device on May 8, which was later found to be a fake.
Police officials are certain that the vandalism of the statue, which depicts two Soviet soldiers, was vandalized in response to Rus ...
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