Two bombs damaged a Holocaust memorial in a suburb of the Latvian capital of Riga. No one was injured in the April 7 blasts, which were 30 minutes apart and caused the stone monument only minor damage. The memorial has been vandalized several times, most recently in 1993. The Washington-based Union of Councils for Soviet Jews warned that hate crimes are likely to continue if the Latvian government fails to act quickly and find those responsible for the latest attack.
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