Suspect  arrested over Istanbul Armenian cemetery vandalism  

ArmInfo. The person who committed an act of vandalism at the Surb Karapet (Saint Garabed) Armenian Cemetery in the Paglarbashi neighborhood of Uskudar in Istanbul on the night of July 7-8 has been arrested, as reported by Ermenihaber.am.

The source writes that M.K. was detained by security forces and  remanded in custody by court order, but the motive for the vandalism  at the cemetery remains unknown.

Earlier, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople reported on its  Facebook page that an unknown person entered the cemetery on the  night of July 7-8, damaging six tombstones and a fountain. The  Patriarchal Throne condemned this act, calling it a vile attack on  sacred values and places of eternal rest. It also expressed hope that  the perpetrator would be brought to justice.

According to open sources, Uskudar is one of the historical districts  of Istanbul, where tens of thousands of Armenians lived before the  Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.