HAVERHILL, MASS. (WHDH) - Crews in Haverhill worked to remove red paint from a statue that was vandalized overnight.

A power washer was used Wednesday morning to remove the paint from the Hannah Duston statue.

This statue has earned criticism for celebrating Duston, a white woman who killed and scalped 10 Native Americans, including six children, when she was kidnapped back in 1697.

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