York police investigating anti-Semitic, anti-black graffiti found at Aurora school

York Regional Police are investigating after hate graffiti was found spray-painted at an Aurora school on Wednesday.

Officers responded to a school on River Ridge Boulevard, in the Wellington Street and Bayview Avenue area, just before 9 a.m.

The graffiti displayed anti-Semitic and anti-black messages, police said.

Investigators are asking for any witnesses, anyone with information or anyone with dashcam footage in the area at the time to contact police.

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“These kinds of crimes not only hurt the community that has been targeted, but they hurt us all,” stated the police in a news release.

Investigators can be reached at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7141, or those that wish to leave anonymous tips can do so through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).