Falklands : NEW EVIDENCE FOUND IN ARGENTINE CEMETERY VANDALISM CASE
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 09.08.2012 (Article Archived on 23.08.2012)
The Royal Falkland Islands Police have released further information about the vandalism occurring at the Argentine Cemetery at Darwin.
The second photograph shows the inscription on the first page of the bible and the plastic wrap.
Photo © Crown Copyright (RFIP)
NEW EVIDENCE FOUND IN ARGENTINE CEMETERY VANDALISM CASE
By J. Brock (FINN)
The second photograph shows the inscription on the first page of the bible and the plastic wrap.
Photo © Crown Copyright (RFIP)
The Royal Falkland Islands Police have released further information about the vandalism occurring at the Argentine Cemetery at Darwin.
Investigators have found that a Bible, wrapped in a clear ‘ziplock’ plastic bag and sealed with white electrical tape, had been placed in the shrine containing a statue of Our Lady of Lujan through a hole in the toughened glass screen that covered it.
Laid on top of the flowers in a vase in the lower right hand corner of the cabinet, the Bible had been sealed in the bag with its front cover folded open revealing a hand written inscription in Spanish.
Translated and dated the inscription reads; “For those combatants who, with great bravery, shared their hearts with my family. And just as it was for me, I hope it is a blessing and keeps you company.” The inscription was signed Viviana.
According to a press release issued by the Royal Falkland Islands Police, the Bible had previously been left outside and in front of Our Lady’s shrine, protected from the weather by the plastic bag and electrical tape seal.
The Press Release went on to say that these items are to be subject of forensic examination in a United Kingdom Forensic Laboratory and a that a photocopy of the inscription has been provided to the Argentine Families Commission with a request for assistance in identifying who may have carried the bible to the cemetery and placed it in front of the shrine, and any information that may assist in identifying those responsible for the damage.
On Saturday 28 July 2012 the Royal Falkland Islands Police received a report of damage to the cabinet housing the statue of the Virgin of Lujan at the Argentine Cemetery near Darwin. A full investigation was commenced.
Royal Falkland Islands Police Crime Scene Investigators photographed and examined the scene and found that the toughened glass panel forming the door and front of the cabinet had been damaged, by blows from a blunt instrument. The toughened glass withstood several blows and eventually compromised toward its lower right corner in an area above a vase of flowers within the cabinet and the largest hole had been made in the glass in this area by means of concentrated blows with the blunt instrument.
Our Lady of Lujan’s statue and all other contents of the cabinet were unmoved, undamaged and had not been subject to any force and that nothing had been removed from the shrine.
The Royal Falkland Islands Police hope that the above information and photographs will assist the memory of anyone who can assist them in this investigation. If you have any information or can assist the on-going investigation please contact the Royal Falkland Islands Police on Tel: 28100, Fax: 28110, e-mail: cid@police.gov.fk or safe@police.gov.fk or by letter addressed to Police Headquarters, Ross Road, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ.
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