A teenager accused of vandalizing a Holocaust memorial in downtown Boston was reportedly tackled and detained by two bystanders until police arrived. Boston police arrested the 17-year-old from Malden, Massachusetts, in connection to vandalism at the New England Holocaust Memorial on Monday evening. Witnesses said they saw the young man throw a rock at the memorial, shattering a glass panel that was engraved with numbers meant to represent the tattoos forced on many victims of the Holocaust at Nazi-run concentration camps. The site consists of six glass towers that represent the six million Jews killed by Nazis, as well as the six main concentration camps where victims of the Holocaust died, according to the memorial’s website. Police charged the teen with the willful and malicious destruction of property, and the Boston Police Department’s civil rights unit is investigating whether further charges will be made.

Source: Huffington Post August 15, 2017 17:12 UTC