A gang of vandals broke into a Jewish cemetery in the nearby town of Home ville, West Mifflin, last week and caused $10, 000 worth of damage, it was reported here this week-end.
Eighty-six tombstones were overturned and broken and grave sites were ripped up and plants trodden into the ground, police reported. West Mifflin Borough police, who estimated the cost of the damage, asserted that a gang must have been involved since the extent of the damage was too great for one or two persons to have accomplished.
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