London: they attacked with a hammer the tomb of Karl Marx

The marble plaque on the grave of the communist thinker Karl Marx was attacked deliberately over the last weekend, according to the authorities of the Highgate Cemetery, located north of the city of London.

According to sources close to the event, the author of the attack had attempted to erase, using a hammer, the name of Marx on the plate, which had been recorded for the first time time in 1881, after the death of the author's wife. The capital, Jenny von Westphalen.

"We believe that it is a deliberate attack on Karl Marx, that was not random"He explained to the media Ian Dungavell, executive director of the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Foundation, a cemetery opened in 1839.

For its part, the London Metropolitan Police confirmed that it received a warning Monday afternoon in which vandalism was reported, for which there are still no detainees. "The original investigations are completed and at this stage, the investigation is closed. If further information is revealed, they will be the subject of an appropriate investigation.", Said the spokesman for Scotland Yard, the British police.

Marx and Argentina

"It will never be the same againDungavell added on the marble plaque, which was moved in 1956 with the remains of the philosopher and his wife in their current location in the cemetery.

The plaque has already been attacked on other occasions with paint. "And he will show these battle scars in the future," said the site's official, who also rests the remains of known characters, such as scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and musician George Michael (1963). -2016).

In 1970, a homemade bomb destroyed part of the bust installed on the tomb of the philosopher and economist, considered the father of communist thought.

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It is the Tumba Foundation of Marx, owner of the monument, who will decide if the damaged plaque is restored.

JPA