'So sorry,' says US envoy over desecration of Gandhi statue in Washington

US Ambassador to India Ken Juster on Thursday (June 4) apologised for the desecration of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian embassy in Washington.

Unknown miscreants vandalised the statue by spraying graffiti on it, prompting Indian embassy officials to register a complaint with the local law enforcement agencies.

The incident is reported to have taken place on the intervening night of June 2 and 3.

“So sorry to see the desecration of the Gandhi statue in Wash, DC. Please accept our sincere apologies. Appalled as well by the horrific death of George Floyd & the awful violence & vandalism. We stand against prejudice & discrimination of any type. We will recover & be better,” Juster tweeted.

So sorry to see the desecration of the Gandhi statue in Wash, DC. Please accept our sincere apologies. Appalled as well by the horrific death of George Floyd & the awful violence & vandalism. We stand against prejudice & discrimination of any type. We will recover & be better.

— Ken Juster (@USAmbIndia) June 4, 2020

The vandalism of the statue of Gandhi took place in the midst of the nationwide protests in the US against the killing of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

Several of the protests turned violent, resulting in damage to a few prestigious and sacred monuments.

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