The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen vandalized “using a mass”, what we know

The grave of Jean Marie Le Pen vandalized using a mass

The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen underwent a “significant degradation”, in the cemetery of the Trinity-sur-Mer, on the night of January 30 to 31.

The tomb of Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of the National Front was vandalized on the night of January 30 to 31, 2025, we learned on France 3 Brittany. According to the information entrusted by the gendarmes of the Trinity-sur-Mer, where the one who was nicknamed “the menhir” rests, the grave was undoubtedly degraded using a mass, it is a “significant degradation “, Adds Gilles Pennelle, member of the National Rally and MEP.

An open survey and the closed cemetery

“I confirm that the grave has been desecrated,” said MEP RN Philippe Olivier, son-in-law of Jean-Marie Le Pen, in the columns of France Info. No details have yet been communicated on the nature of the damage to the grave of the deceased and in particular the gray marble plate on which the dates of birth and death of the father of Marine Le Pen are registered, as well as his first name, Jean -Married.

Now, an investigation has been opened and the closure of the Trinité-sur-Mer cemetery has been pronounced. As a reminder, Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday January 7 at the age of 96. He was buried in the Trinity-sur-Mer cemetery, his hometown, in Morbihan. Two hundred people were present at the Saint-Joseph church, only relatives of the founder of the FN.

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17:18 – A security perimeter established around the grave

“The Morbihan gendarmerie is currently on the scene to make the observations and has established a security perimeter to carry out its operations,” said this Friday France 3 Brittany. As a reminder, the Trinity-sur-Mer cemetery had been placed under surveillance 48 hours before and 72 hours after the funeral of Jean-Marie Le Pen, before the device was reduced.

16:40 – Jordan Bardella deplores an “unspeakable act”

“The desecration of the grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen is an unspeakable act, committed by those who respect neither the living nor the dead. The most universal morality already condemns its authors: I hope that they are also found and severely Punished by justice, “said RN president Jordan Bardella, about the” mass “degradation of the grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, co-founder of the FN, this Friday.

16:25 – Bruno Retailleau denounces an “absolute abjection”

“The degradation of the tomb of the Le Pen family at the Trinity is an absolute abjection. Respect for the dead is what distinguishes the civilization of barbarism,” published on X Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, after degradation From the tomb of Jean-Marie Le Pen this Friday, January 31.

14:33 – “Those who attack the dead are capable of the worst against the living,” says Marie -Caroline Le Pen

“No word to qualify individuals who attack the most sacred. Those who attack the dead are capable of the worst against the living,” reacts Marie-Caroline Le Pen on X , the eldest of the three daughters of Jean-Marie Le Pen, whose grave was vandalized this Friday at the Trinity-sur-Mer cemetery.

14:29 – “You destroyed the grave of our ancestors”, reacts Marion Maréchal

Marion Maréchal, granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen reacted to the degradation of the tomb of the co-founder of the National Front, this Friday January 31, 2025 in the Trinity-sur-Mer cemetery. “You have destroyed the grave of our ancestors. You may think you break our hearts, intimidate us, discourage us? But our answer will be to fight you always and even stronger, generation after generation,” she writes on X, accompanied by a photo of the grave, attacked with a mass as revealed earlier in the day by France 3 Brittany.



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