Edinburgh tomb of philosopher David Hume vandalised with satanic' symbols

"The tomb of the philosopher David Hume and two other memorials at a historic cemetery in Edinburgh have been vandalised with disturbing occult-style paraphernalia. A tour guide made the discovery at the Old Calton burial ground. It included a drawing of a naked woman pointing a bloodied knife at a baby with a noose around its neck, and coded writing on red electrical tape attached to the David Hume mausoleum and two nearby memorial stones."

"A group on Telegram purporting to be responsible for the vandalism of graves at unnamed cemeteries posted photographs of the same damage in a now-deleted channel. They shared examples of other disturbing drawings, including a naked woman grabbing the bloodied head of a baby, to which one member responded: For EH1? EH1 is the postcode in Edinburgh covering the historic Old Town."

"They also posted photographs of strange paraphernalia found at the Old Calton burial ground, including nails hammered through red candles, chalked symbols and red tape in which the words anti meta physical front were printed. A candle found at the site. Photograph: supplied Edinburgh council said there was no CCTV covering the area and the incident was not reported to the police because the damage was temporary."

A tour guide discovered occult-style paraphernalia attached to David Hume's mausoleum and two nearby memorial stones at Old Calton burial ground in Edinburgh. Materials included a drawing of a naked woman pointing a bloodied knife at a baby with a noose, coded writing on red electrical tape, nails hammered through red candles, chalked symbols and printed red tape reading 'anti meta physical front'. A Telegram group claiming responsibility posted photographs of the same damage and other disturbing drawings, and referenced EH1, the Old Town postcode. Edinburgh council said no CCTV covered the area and the damage was temporary, so it was not reported to police and was removed. The guide emailed photographs to the council and the report became public via a freedom of information request.

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