Swastika Defaces Duke University Mural Honoring Synagogue Shooting Victims
A mural at Duke University — created to honor the victims of last month's Pittsburgh synagogue shooting — was vandalized with a Nazi symbol over the weekend.
"The mural was on a bridge where students often paint images that promote student events or other messages," WUNC's Liz Schlemmer reported. "The swastika was painted over a Star of David honoring the 11 people who died in the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue."
Campus administrators were quick to respond with strong words to the vandalism that took place Sunday night.
In a letter to the school community sent out Monday, Duke University President Vincent Price said he will meet with campus leaders, the local Jewish community and public officials to discuss ways to move forward and "confront the scourge of anti-Semitism through education and activism."
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