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German police examine hole in former finance minister’s grave

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German police launched an investigation on Monday after a deep hole was discovered in the grave of former finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who died late last year.

Schäuble’s resting place is in his hometown of Offenburg in southwest Germany and the hole was found on Monday morning, police said in a statement.

There was a “1.2 meter (3.9 foot) funnel-shaped hole” at the conservative politician’s grave, it said, adding that the gravedigger “did not reach the coffin of the deceased.”

The circumstances remain unclear, police added.

Schäuble, a prominent figure in German politics for decades, was buried there in January.

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As a member of the conservative CDU, he was a minister under Chancellors Helmut Kohl and Angela Merkel.

Working with Kohl, Schäuble played a key role in German reunification in 1990 and, as Merkel’s finance minister, gained a reputation as a guardian of German fiscal discipline.

Schäuble was then President of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021 and remained a member of Parliament until his death.

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Carsten Linnemann, the general secretary of the CDU, told German daily Bild that the incident was “repulsive and leaves me stunned.”

“I really hope that the perpetrators will be caught quickly,” said Linnemann.

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