The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen was desecrated at the La Trinité-sur-Mer cemetery in western France, announced the local police.

“The grave was truly destroyed, probably with sledgehammers, last night,” said Gilles Pennelle, a member of the European Parliament for National Rally, condemning the act as “horrible, disgraceful, and vile.”

“There are no words to describe those who attack what is most sacred. Those who attack the dead are capable of the worst against the living,” wrote his daughter, Marion-Caroline Le Pen, in a post on X.

Le Pen, the man who brought French far-right politics out of the margins, died of natural causes on January 7 at the age of 96.

He founded the party National Front, which was renamed National Rally, and its leader today is his daughter, Marine Le Pen.

The police have been on site since this morning to carry out investigations, according to the mayor of the area, Yves Normand.