HINGHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating after several headstones were found knocked over in Hingham Cemetery on Wednesday, officials said.
Officers responding to the South Street cemetery around 1:10 p.m. found nine headstones in the same row that had “clearly been knocked over,” according to the Hingham Police Department.
Police added that a number of the damaged headstones belonged to veterans. No other headstones in the cemetery were damaged.
The vandalism was reported by a person who regularly walks through the cemetery.
On Tuesday, firefighters extinguished a brush fire in a different section of the cemetery.
The cemetery is private and dates back to 1672.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Hingham police detectives at 781-741-1443.
Police investigating incident of headstones knocked over in Hingham Cemetery. For privacy of families we’ve blurred names on damaged headstones on these pics. Press release. https://t.co/uq9VcQrtGT pic.twitter.com/YAkSgwLrUx
— Hingham Police (@HinghamPolice) March 4, 2020
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