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Posted By admin on August 7, 2017

Nazi Swastika. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Antisemitic messages and a swastika were spray-painted on the building and sign of a synagogue in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The messages were discovered on Friday morning at the Temple Beit Torah. In addition to the synagogue, nearby cars, homes and buildings also were vandalized, the Colorado Spring Gazette reported.

In addition to a swastika, the words sig heil, a misspelling of the Nazi salute sieg heil, was painted on the synagogues sign, according to the report.

There has been a significant increase in antisemitic acts in Colorado in the past two years, the local office of the Anti-Defamation League told the newspaper. An unnamed spokesman said that there were 18 acts of antisemitism in the area in 2015, and 45 last year.

In June, two men were caught on surveillance video putting a sticker with an anti-Israel message on the door the Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Colorado in Colorado Springs. The message read Fight terror, nuke Israel. One of the men took a photo of the sign before leaving the scene.

A neighbor who lives across the street from the synagogue told local media that he tried to scrub off the hateful message, but could not remove everything. His wifes car also was vandalized with the spray-paint.

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