A statue of Christopher Columbus in the second largest city in Massachusetts was splashed with red paint overnight, the second time it has been vandalized in 16 months.
The Telegram & Gazette reports that a public works crew was on the scene Wednesday cleaning the paint off the 8-foot statue.
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WATCH HEREThe statue was doused with red paint and defaced with the word "genocide" in June 2020.
The vandalism of a Christopher Columbus statue in Worcester is under investigation.
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