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By Mike Marza
RICHMOND HILL, Queens (WABC) — A group of suspects were caught on camera smashing a statue of Gandhi in Queens overnight last Tuesday, the second time this month that the statue has been vandalized.
The most recent incident happened on Aug. 16 when the group walked passed the Tulsi Mandir temple in Richmond Hill. They hit the statue of Gandhi with a hammer and defaced it with spray paint.
“For anyone to use this moment to highlight hate. We respond by saying hate has no place in Richmond Hill, hate has no place in New York City, hate has no place in our country,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
On Wednesday, Adams joined other leaders in calling for an end to hate.
If all of us can stand together surely we will be able to remove hate,” lead priest Lakhram Maharaj said.
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