Guelph police are investigating hate-related graffiti affixed to a local synagogue late last week.
Just before noon Friday, an employee of Beth Isaiah Synagogue on Surrey Street West reported finding antisemitic stickers – including some bearing the image of Adolf Hitler – on the front doors of the synagogue building.
A review of surveillance video revealed a male arriving at the synagogue on foot approximately 11:30 p.m. October 5. The male placed the stickers on the doors and then appeared to use his cellphone to photograph himself with the stickers in the background.
The male was wearing a dark jacket with a sweater hood pulled up over his head, black pants, black boots, black gloves, a dark-coloured backpack and a balaclava-style mask over his face. He was last seen walking northbound on Dublin Street South.
If anyone has information contact Det. Const. Jagdeep Atwal, the Guelph Police Service’s hate crimes coordinator, at 519-824-1212, ext. 7436, email him at [email protected], leave an anonymous message for Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous tip online at www.csgw.tips.
