Woman held on vandalism at Washington National Cathedral
After the arrest at the cathedral in
north-west Washington DC, police warned one person may not be
responsible for all the green paint incidents
A
woman has been arrested at the US National Cathedral in connection with
an act of vandalism there, days after two other Washington DC monuments
were similarly defaced.
Two of the Episcopal cathedral's chapels were found splattered with green paint on Monday, police said.In recent days, the Lincoln Memorial and a statue on the National Mall were vandalised with green paint.
Police are investigating whether the woman had any role in those incidents.
Visitors to the monument talked to the BBC about their reaction to the vandalism and what the memorial means to them
At the Washington National Cathedral, paint was found splashed over an organ and on the floor of the Bethlehem Chapel in the basement, officials said.
More paint was discovered in the Children's Chapel in the cathedral's nave.
A cathedral spokesman said it was unclear whether the incident had been captured on security footage.
Washington police said the paint would be sent to the FBI for testing.
The US Park Police also revealed on Monday that someone had scrawled indecipherable symbols in green on a statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a federally funded research and museum organisation, on the National Mall.
The National Mall is a strip of park land near the White House and the US Capitol building. It is home to several major tourist attractions, including monuments and museums.
About 01:30 local time (05:30 GMT) on Friday, a tourist at the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall discovered the sculpture there of Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th president, had been splattered with green paint.
The memorial was closed on Friday as a crew cleaned the monument.
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