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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized

orange spray paint reading 'clean hands dirty $' on inside of fountain outside
Vandals poured bubble soap and painted graffiti on the second world war memorial in Washington DC on Thursday. Photograph: Andrew Leyden/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

A woman was arrested on Friday morning in connection with the vandalization of the National World War Two Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC, the capital’s federal prosecutor announced.

Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, announced mid-morning that a suspect was in custody and had been charged with federal crimes.

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