AKIPRESS.COM - More than 100 Jewish graves have been defaced with Nazi swastikas in an antisemitic attack in France, Independent reports.

The graves were found spray-painted with antisemitic inscriptions in the town of Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, on Tuesday – the same day as a similar incident in the nearby village of Schafhouse-sur-Zorn.

France has Europe’s biggest Jewish community – about 550,000 – and antisemitic attacks are common, with more than 500 alone in 2018.

French president Emmanuel Macron said “Jews are and make France” in a tweet in response to the attack.

He added: “Those who attack them, even in their graves, are not worthy of the idea we have of France.”

In a visit to Westhoffen on Wednesday, interior minister Christophe Castaner announced the French government would create a national anti-hate crime office.