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More than 100 headstones vandalised at Jewish cemetery
Money is being raised to restore Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia after a sickening attack over the weekend.
Money is being raised to repair and restore more than 100 headstones that were vandalised at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia.
A man visiting Mount Carmel Cemetery on Sunday called police to report that three of his relatives’ headstones had been knocked over and damaged.
The discovery came less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri.
Police say approximately 100 additional headstones were knocked over, apparently sometime after dark on Saturday.
Police are conducting a criminal mischief-institutional vandalism investigation.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney says authorities are doing everything possible to find those “who desecrated this final resting place”.
The Anti-Defamation League and a police union are offering a 13,000 US dollars (£10,000) reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
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