Police in France's western region of Brittany said they are investigating the damage to the grave, which was reportedly caused by a sledgehammer. View on euronews

Once called the 'most hated man in France', Le Pen maintained that his ideas were simply 'ahead of their time'

The tomb housing the remains of Jean-Marie Le Pen has been vandalized less than three weeks after the polarizing French far-right leader was buried

The tomb of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been heavily damaged by vandals less than three weeks after he was buried. Le Pen, who was a figurehead of polarising anti-immigration rhetoric for decades after founding the National Front party in the 1970s,