The incident has also been liked to the defacement of a Holocaust memorial in the city.
The plaster-filled caskets were discovered at the foot of the Paris landmark on Saturday morning, with three men arrested in connection with the incident later in the day, according to, a white van with Bulgarian plates was seen stopping near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday, with two men spotted taking the coffins out of the vehicle.
The other pair, reportedly a German and a Ukrainian, traveled to the French capital separately. They were arrested at a coach station as they were about to catch a bus toThe group had been in contact with another man who was suspected of being involved in another possible interference operation last month, in whichon the Wall of the Righteous at the Shoah Memorial in Paris.
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