Last weekend video footage released on the Internet showed the destruction and damage done to 200 grave stones at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Benghazi, Libya.
The damage is thought to have been done in the last week of February, according to a statement released by the Foreign Office and says that a number of headstones at the Benghazi British Military Cemetery were damaged too.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, whose cemeteries, burial plots and memorials pay tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women from the Commonwealth forces across the world states that the headstones will be restores. The Commission also states that none of the maintenance staff were injured during the attacks on the gravestones.
There are more than 1,200 Commonwealth servicemen from the Second World War buried at the Benghazi War Cemetery and 284 are buried at the Benghazi British Military Cemetery, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission says.
The attacks have been condemned by Libyan officials and they have pledged to bring those responsible to justice.
The damage is thought to have been done in the last week of February, according to a statement released by the Foreign Office and says that a number of headstones at the Benghazi British Military Cemetery were damaged too.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, whose cemeteries, burial plots and memorials pay tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women from the Commonwealth forces across the world states that the headstones will be restores. The Commission also states that none of the maintenance staff were injured during the attacks on the gravestones.
There are more than 1,200 Commonwealth servicemen from the Second World War buried at the Benghazi War Cemetery and 284 are buried at the Benghazi British Military Cemetery, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission says.
The attacks have been condemned by Libyan officials and they have pledged to bring those responsible to justice.
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