Memorial for 13 troops killed in Kabul keeps getting vandalized as US flags ripped apart are destroyed AGAIN
A MEMORIAL for the 13 troops killed in the Kabul terror attack keeps getting vandalized as US flags were ripped apart and destroyed ahead of the 9/11 anniversary.
The memorial was initially set up earlier this month, by an anonymous resident in Riverside, California.
The flags were vandalized shortly afterward and the memorial was taken down after the incident was reported to the police.
Officer Ryan Railsback, a Riverside Police Department spokesman, told the outlet: "This wasn't wind damage – it looks like someone intentionally cut or ripped these."
He added that the damaged flags were handed over to a local Boy Scouts of America troop to be retired.
The flags were then replaced by the Chambers of Commerce's Military Affairs Council and local residents.
The new memorial had 27 flags that were again placed over the overpass.
However the following day the flags were missing, probably yanked from the fence they were attached to.
Photos of the damage were shared on with police saying the suspect ripped down the flags just days before the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks.
FAMILIES SILENCED
The repeated disrespectful damage comes after the mom of a Marine killed by a suicide bomber in last week has claimed she was after she blamed for his death.
McCollum, who was , had been in Afghanistan a matter of weeks and was due home in October to be reunited with his wife Jiennah Crayton, known as Gigi.
The slain Marine and his sister, Roice McCollum, said: "It was avoidable and none of those Marines needed to be put in that situation. It was incompetent."
As of August 27, 2021, it has been reported that at least 103 people have been killed after two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to
TROOPS KILLED
Thirteen of the victims have been confirmed as American soldiers, including and one .
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Following the horrific event, many Americans have since called for as some say now has "blood on his hands.
Anyone with information about the vandalized memorial or the possible suspect(s) has been urged to call Riverside's Property Crimes Unit 951-353-7955.
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