A worker cleans up broken glass at the New England Holocaust Memorial. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)The New England Holocaust Memorial in downtown Boston was vandalized Monday night by a 17-year-old who was immediately tackled by bystanders and held until police arrived, police said. A detail of the New England Holocaust Memorial shows some of the six million numbers etched in glass at the memorial in Boston. (1/2) — Mayor Marty Walsh (@marty_walsh) August 15, 2017Thankful to public and @bostonpolice for quick arrest of the person responsible for vandalizing Holocaust Memorial. Later in July, a group of vandals allegedly toppled over six headstones in a historic Jewish cemetery in Melrose, a Boston suburb.

Source: Washington Post August 15, 2017 05:58 UTC