Monument in Hiroshima peace park vandalized

Monument in Hiroshima peace park vandalized

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Two men work March 6 to clean the monument under the arch-shaped cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park which was found vandalized with paint the previous night. The cenotaph is dedicated to the 220,000 victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.

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