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Up to 125 graves vandalized at Kingston’s Cataraqui Cemetery

Click to play video: 'Vandals strike at Kingston’s historic Cataraqui Cemetery where dozens of headstones were damaged'
Vandals strike at Kingston’s historic Cataraqui Cemetery where dozens of headstones were damaged
Dozens of headstones have been defaced at Kingston's historic Cataraqui Cemetery – Oct 28, 2021

More than 100 headstones were vandalized at a Kingston cemetery recently.

Employees at the Cataraqui Cemetery say up to 125 graves were discovered either damaged or spray-painted Thursday morning.

The vandalism was restricted to one section of the cemetery. Employees say they were alerted to the damage by someone visiting a grave Thursday morning.

Police have already been to the scene and an investigation is underway.

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This comes just a few days after gravestones across several locations in Quinte West were vandalized much in the same way, with spray paint.

Kingston police have not responded to a request for comment on the matter.

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