Connecticut synagogue building vandalized
Anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on the exterior walls of a synagogue in Connecticut.
The graffiti on the Congregation Adath Israel synagogue building in Newtown was discovered at 7:30 Saturday morning.
The graffiti was removed and painted over prior to the start of scheduled Shabbat services with the assistance of the town’s Public Works Department, the Newtown Police Department said.
Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. They have increased patrols in the area as a result of the attack, the local NBC affiliate reported.
Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal called the graffiti a “hateful desecration.”
“Newtown has always been a place where people of all religions are welcome and have worked together hand in hand to build a better community and the hateful actions of an individual or individuals will not change that. I look forward to personally asking the courts to offer no leniency when the vile individual is apprehended,” he said.
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