Several pages from copies of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank have been found torn or ripped out in 31 public libraries in Tokyo.
As many as 265 copies of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, along with other related books, have been vandalized in 31 municipal libraries in Tokyo.
Ripped pages of three books of Anne Frank's Diary of Young Girl are displayed at a library in Tokyo on Feb 21.
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Several pages of the books have been ripped or torn out. Many libraries have removed the undamaged copies of the book from their shelves for protection.
Ripped copies of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl and related books at Shinjuku City Library in Tokyo on Feb. 21.
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"Each and every book which comes up under the index of Anne Frank has been damaged at our library," Toshihiro Obayashi, a library official in West Tokyo's Suginsami area told the BBC.
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Officials do not know who is behind the vandalism, which was first discovered at the end of January. Japan has promised to investigate the incident.
Shinjuku City Library Director Kotaro Fujimaki shows a ripped copy of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl in Tokyo on Feb. 21.
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