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Vandals damage more than 100 Jewish headstones in St. Louis area

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February 21, 2017
From left: Spencer Pensoneau, Ron Klump and Philip Weiss, of Weiss and Rosenbloom Monument company, work to right toppled Jewish headstones after a weekend vandalism attack on Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery. Photo by Tom Gannam/Reuters

Vandals damaged more than 100 headstones at a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery.

FOX2NOW, a local TV station, reported that police in University City, Missouri, were on Monday reviewing footage from surveillance cameras in the area of Chesed Shel Emet cemetery, which has served the community since 1893.

The station quoted police as saying that it was likely there was more than one perpetrator.

UPDATE: Jewish governor of Missouri, Muslim activists pitching in to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery

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