Delaware cemetery vandalized, ruled as hate crime

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Monday, November 2, 2015
VIDEO: Cemetery vandalism ruled as hate crime

CLAYMONT, Del. (WPVI) -- Delaware State Police have launched a hate crime investigation after someone vandalized a cemetery.

It happened sometime over the weekend at the Foreman-Massey Cemetery, which is operated by the Byrd's African Methodist Episcopal Church in Clayton.

Headstones were spray painted with vulgar images and swastikas.

Some grave markers were knocked over and another had its foundation kicked in.

So far, police haven't named any suspects.

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