FALL RIVER -- Swastikas and anti-Semitic language were written on at least 30 gravestones at the Hebrew Cemetery on McMahon Street over the weekend, police said.The police department became aware of the graffiti Sunday after receiving a report that a suspicious vehicle had been parked in the cemetery for two days, said police Sgt.
Jewish Cemetery Gravestones Defaced With Swastikas, Anti-semitic Messages
By Amanda Burke The Herald News (fall RIver), The Providence Journal
Mon, 03/18/2019 - 6:53pm
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Topics: Rhode Island Providence County Providence
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