Overview

• Nikolay Ivanov, one of three Bulgarian suspects, was extradited from Croatia to France and incarcerated in August.
• The vandalism involved 35 red handprints painted on the Wall of the Righteous at the Shoah Memorial in Paris in May 2024.
• Ivanov and his accomplices are accused of defacing property as part of a criminal group with a motive related to ethnic, racial, or religious bias.
• The suspects were identified through surveillance footage, phone records, and travel bookings.
• Bulgarian authorities report that the three suspects are associated with extreme right-wing groups.