Poland: Jewish community dismayed by digging at old cemetery

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Human remains from an old Jewish burial ground in eastern Poland have been dug up and dumped in an empty lot to make way for the construction of an electrical substation and a parking lot, authorities said Thursday.

Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich described the excavation as the worst desecration of a Jewish cemetery he has seen during the 17 years he has been a rabbi in the country.

Jewish religious law holds that bodies only should be disturbed once they are buried under limited circumstances, such as saving lives.