FRANCE: MUSLIM YOUTHS THROW ROCKS AT WORSHIPPERS DURING MASS...

Sixty faithful who attended Tuesday night's Mass for the dead (All Saints Say) in the church of Saint-Jacques in the district of Viguier Carcassonne, have been targeted by stoning which also damaged a statue of the Virgin at the entrance of building. Two youngsters of the 13 or 14 years came in during the mass and threw stones and pine cones before being put to flight by a worshipper who tried to capture them but could not catch up.

"This is serious, it's a real desecration," said the abbot Garrouste serving of the parish, which celebrated Mass this evening. A complaint was filed this morning in Carcassonne. A complaint was lodged by the police, which is taking the case very seriously. The desecration of the Saint-Jacques church and the stoning of the parishioners during a public service, is a first in this ghetto and caused a big stir in the Christian community.