(JTA) — Three teens admitted to vandalizing a Jewish cemetery in Hungary.
The teens, ages 14 and 15, knocked down 75 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Marcali on Jan. 23, according to The Associated Press.
The damage to the cemetery is estimated at $7,500. The boys were trying to see who was strongest, according to the AP.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban condemned the attacks.
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