Headstones reportedly knocked over at Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia

Jewish Cemetery Damage

Northeast Philadelphia Police Detective Timothy McIntyre, center, dusts for fingerprints one of the headstones that were knocked down as Detective Nick McReynolds, left, looks on at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. More than 100 headstones have been vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, damage discovered less than a week after similar vandalism in Missouri, authorities said. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

(Michael Bryant)

PHILADELPHIA -- New Jersey resident Aaron Mallin told 6ABC that he traveled to the Mt. Carmel Cemetery Sunday to visit his father's grave, but was met with a sad sight.

Dozens of gravestones at the Jewish cemetery had been overturned or broken, the news station reported.

The discovery comes a week after over 150 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri had been broken and pushed over.

As in that case, police have not said whether the incident in Philadelphia is being investigated as an act of anti-Semitism, according to 6abc.

CBS Philly reported that the number of gravestones damaged was between 75 and 100. The station also reported that stones had been vandalized at Philadelphia's Holy Redeemer Cemetery a few weeks ago.

In the last month, 65 bomb threats called into Jewish community centers across the country, including some in New Jersey.

President Donald J. Trump denounced the threats Tuesday, after twice rebuffing reporters who had asked him earlier to comment on the issue.

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