Tonight sacred ground has been tarnished in philadelphia. Jewish leaders here at home and across the country are reacting. Investigators are trying to find out who vachb dpalized in cemetery. Nearly 200 headstones were vandalized. That same day, nearly a dozen Jewish Community centers received bomb threats. Tonight the Jewish Community there is reaching out to philadelphia, pledging its support, while here at home police and jewish leaders are trying to fig out what happened. Drew smith is at mt. Carmel cemetery. Reporter this is the damage were seeing, row after row of headstones intentionally knocked over, some broken in two. Police say this happened after dark yesterday and today people came out to try to make some repairs. A man visiting a relatives grave was the first report this, headstones clearly knock over. Detectives then counted more than 100 others. This is not just a random act, i mean to topple so many headstones clearly is a concerted effort with intent. Reporter since t
Asking. The how prurp is joking with the local leaders. Plus a first the president is making tonight. Nbc 10 news starts now. Right now at 11 00, a growing effort toe clean up hundreds of vandalized headstones at a philadelphia Jewish Cemetery. As the search intensifies. Good evening, im denise, this vandalism is the latest in a strong of antisemitic actions as well as threats across the nation. Were bringing you Live Team Coverage of this mornings discovery. We begin with drew smith whos live at the cemetery. Drew, the reward has grown since your report at 6 00. Reporter yes, 3,000 more added by the fraternal order of police, thats in addition to the 10,000 that the Antidefamation League is offering. Theyre hoping itll bring someone out to bring information about whoever got past this fence and a locked gate here to damage hundreds of graves. An evening prayer at sundown to bring some comfort to people disturbed by the toppled and damaged headstones at mt. Caramel Jewish Cemetery. Hun
Vandalism or an act of antisemitism. Wall and sarah we just spoke with a man who went over the entire cemetery called the mount caramel cemetery. He doesnt know if they were all knocked over when this act of vandalism happened, but theres 400 plus head stones had been toppled over. Whats happening right now is something very nice repropped back unabout 50 head stones right now. People of all faith coming together and try and fix things ed. Er such a terrible thing er seen anything like thi this. Reporter youre looking at tombstone. Its a Historic Jewish cemetery. Why . I think thats really the only thing you can say, because theres really no reason for it to be done. Philadelphia Police Detectives were here starting an investigation, one woman who came to check on her family stone say this can only be one thing. What looks like a systematic destruction las got ton antisemetic. I cant think of anything else. Reporter its not a targeted attack. Im hoping it was maybe just some drunk kids
Are looking at a high of 57 degrees at 3 00 p. M. This afternoon, yesterday we got 46 so this is better. 54 degrees by 5 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. , Still Holding on to 49 degrees. Gets milder tomorrow with a spotty shower, the big issue this week is possibly wednesday when were expecting a line of heavy rain and another round of strong thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Ill track that with future tracker 6 coming up. Reporter more thunderstorms in february, unusual, right . Looking live on i95 we have a quiet ride no weatherrelated problems affecting the roads, dry and clear, southbound traffic heading toward center city, pretty light volume to start us off. The big picture reflecting that, speeding along at 55 Miles Per Hour acon i95 and the blue route. We have structural problems on the margie street bridge stick to lehigh avenue thats coming in from north philadelphia. Vine street expressway no construction means no problem, nice and clear, westbound eastbound looking good. The
Gate vandalized over the weekend. Jewish frags of greater philadelphia organizing effort at noon today right here inside the mount caramel cemetery. 100 gravestones were toppled this weekend. Federal investigation into who is behind it. Follows a wave of slarl antisemitic acts that have taken place across the country. So disturbing to some people. She drove from her home in south jersey just to be here. This is not supposed to happen here. Were supposed to be okay in philadelphia. And in addition to the cleanup taking place at noon here today. Antitestify medication league has announced they will give 10,000 to the person who offers information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible. For now reporting live. Katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Been almost 90 threats to Jewish Centers this year. The Southern Poverty Law Center found nearly 2,000 hate crime incidents since the november election. Say. Local lawmakers say they want President Trump to take a strong stand aga