Appeal for witnesses after swastika gouged out of tree outside office of Orthodox Jew in Southend
A swastika has been found carved into a tree outside the office of an Orthodox Jew in Southend in Essex.
The Nazi symbol was cut into the bark overnight on 19th/20th October on a tree on Station Road.
Police are investigating. If you have any more information, please contact the police on 101 or Campaign Against Antisemitism at [email protected] or on 0330 822 0321, quoting reference number: Ref 483 20/10/21.
Campaign Against Antisemitism’s Antisemitism Barometer 2020 showed that three in five British Jews believe that the authorities, in general, are not doing enough to address and punish antisemitism.
