Odd way of saying thank you.

(Telegraph) — Suspected Islamic extremists have vandalised the main Commonwealth War Cemetery in Benghazi, Libya’s second city, for the second time in four months.

A number of headstones were desecrated in the attacked, believed to have been carried out on Thursday. Authorities in Benghazi said they were trying to track down those responsible.

“We are co-operating with the security committee to ascertain the identity of the assailants and bring them to justice as quickly as possible,” Khaled al-Jazawi, the spokesman for the city’s civilian council, said.

Britain expressed its horror and “profound distress” after more than 200 graves were desecrated at the cemetery in February.

Video footage of that incident showed a group of about 30 armed men, believed to be members of an Islamist militia, kicking over and smashing headstones. They also used sledgehammers to destroy the Cross of Sacrifice, the stone and bronze monument that dominates all Commonwealth war cemeteries where more than 50 servicemen are buried.

Libya’s transitional government apologised for the February incident and promised to arrest those responsible. No detentions have been reported, however, and many of Libya’s militias remain too powerful to be challenged by the central government.