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Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington

Interior department calls incident ‘utter disgrace’ after area filled with bubbles and paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’A memorial in Washington DC for the second world war was vandalized with bubbly ⁠soap and graffiti on Thursday, prompting vows from the US government to find the perpetrator.The...

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Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington

Interior department calls incident ‘utter disgrace’ after area filled with bubbles and paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’

A memorial in Washington DC for the second world war was vandalized with bubbly ⁠soap and graffiti on Thursday, prompting vows from the US government to find the perpetrator.

The fountain bubbled over with suds ⁠and someone painted “Clean hands Dirty $” ⁠on one ​surface, splattering the area with red and green paint. Uniformed police and national guard troops converged on the scene, which was ⁠cordoned off with yellow crime scene tape, keeping visitors away.

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