A large swastika is spray-painted on the side of a car in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Boca Raton, Florida.
The incident occurred early Sunday morning, a local report says. The white swastika took up the entire driver’s-side door of the black Ford Mustang.
The owner of the car is a teenager who is currently visiting Israel, the Miami Herald reports. It is not know if the teen’s visit to Israel made him the intended target.
Local residents inspect a swastika spray-painted on the side of a car in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Boca Raton, Florida on February 12, 2017. (screen capture: 7News Miami)
“This is a direct hate message,” Yona Lunger, an activist in South Florida’s Jewish community, tells the Miami Herald. “We are shocked, devastated.”
Many Holocaust survivors live in the neighborhood, residents say.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is holding an investigation into the incident. Residents have asked the local police for increased patrols and some plan to install surveillance cameras, according to reports.
— JTA
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