Masked man caught on camera smashing Virgin Mary statue with a hammer outside NYC church
Surveillance video shows a masked man climbing a fence and smashing a Virgin Mary statue with a hammer at St. Rita Church in Long Island City.
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The New York Police Department (NYPD) are investigating the destruction of a Virgin Mary statue outside St.
Rita Roman Catholic Church in Long Island City as a possible hate crime after a man climbed over a fence and repeatedly smashed it down using a hammer.
In surveillance video released by The Diocese of Brooklyn, the masked man is seen violently hitting the statue outside the church in what Catholic officials say is the latest in a string of attacks targeting the parish.
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