May 16, 2008 - 13:39 AMT
Vandals desecrate Armenian Genocide monument in Valence
The Memorial to the Armenians Genocide victims was desecrated in Valence, France, on May 15 night. The vandals painted an illegible inscription on the monument base, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

The Coordination Council of the French Armenian Organizations from Drome-Ardeche area's (COADA) deposited a complaint to the Police office of Valence.

7 Armenian memorials - in Saint-Chamond, Creteil, Lyon, Valence (France), Cardiff (UK), Budapest (Hungary) and Lviv (Ukraine) - have been desecrated since January 2008.