By Staff
The Associated Press
Posted December 29, 2019 12:02 pm EST
Updated December 29, 2019 5:22 pm EST
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A synagogue and numerous shops in London have been vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti during Hanukkah.
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The Star of David and the numbers “9 11” were spray-painted on several properties including South Hampstead Synagogue.
People look at anti-Semitic graffiti on a shop window in Belsize Park, North London, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. A synagogue and several shops in north London have been daubed with anti-Semitic graffiti during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
(Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
A view of anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed onto the outside of the South Hampstead Synagogue in North London, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. A synagogue and several shops in north London have been daubed with anti-Semitic graffiti during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
(Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
The graffiti references an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory related to the 9-11 terror attack.
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London’s Police Service said they were investigating the racially motivated hate crime after being informed Saturday evening. They said no arrests had been made.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews wrote on Twitter: “This is a reminder that antisemitism is still with us. We hope action is taken to find & punish the perpetrators. Let’s all work to defeat antisemitism in 2020!”
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