Karl Marx's Highgate cemetery memorial stone is vandalised for second time this ...

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Graffiti-daubing vandals have targeted the memorial of Karl Marx in as many weeks.

'Doctrine of Hate' and 'Architect of Genocide' were sprayed in red letters on the grave of the German philosopher - the most famous resident of Highgate Cemetery in north London.

Only two weeks ago a hammer attack was launched on the monument, leading to fears from the charity which runs the cemetery the tribute to the Father of Communism 'will never be the same again'.  

Then the marble plaque had been chipped by a blunt instrument in what looked like 'a deliberate attack on the memory of Karl Marx himself,' according to the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust.

Maxwell Blowfield said he was 'quite shocked' to see the vandalism when he visited the cemetery on Saturday morning with his mother.

Mr Blowfield, 31,

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