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Teenager arrested after swastikas found daubed near London synagogue

Nazi graffiti has reportedly been found across Swiss Cottage and Belsize Park

October 31, 2021 10:10
A swastika near Belsize shul
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A teenager has been arrested after walls near a synagogue in Camden, north London, were defaced with swastikas on Saturday night.

Police were alerted to reports of a male spraying the Nazi symbol on walls close to Belsize Square Synagogue at 7.40pm.

Officers launched a search and tracked down a 16-year-old whom they arrested on suspicion of religiously aggravated criminal damage. He has been taken into custody.

Other swastikas have reportedly been sprayed on walls elsewhere in the area and an investigation is under way to determine if the same person is responsible.

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