A grave mistake

19th November 2011

Locals are up in arms over the lack of respect

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Residents in Wielkopolska were left outraged this week when stickers were left on headstones at a local graveyard informing people that they had not been paid for.

According to daily Fakt, the large red and white stickers (containing the words “Grave to be decommissioned”) were plastered on a number of graves at the Milostowie cemetery in Poznan leaving many family members seething.

“This is way over the top,” said 49-year-old Ewa Ptak whose relatives are buried there. “These are grave stones, not notice boards.”

“We will be looking into this matter,” stated Piotr Szlingiert, a spokesman for Universum which manages the municipal cemeteries. “Sometimes things like thi ...

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