A Jewish student's locker has been defaced with swastikas and the letters 'KKK' at a high school in California - as cops launched a hate crime investigation.
The group StopAntisemitism on posted pictures of the damaged locker in Newport Beach to X on Sunday.
Orange writing can be seen spread across the blue school lockers and clearly depict swastika symbols and letters that refer to the white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan.
'Newport Beach - a Jewish student at Corona Del Mar High School had his football locker defaced with 'swastikas' and 'KKK.' No police report was filed. This is a blatant hate crime & those responsible must be punished to the fullest extent of the law @NewportBeachPD,' the post said in the caption.
'Jewish students deserve to feel safe - email Superintendent Wesley Smith: superintendent@nmusd.us and demand a criminal investigation take place,' the caption continued.
Newport Beach - a Jewish student at Corona Del Mar High School had his football locker defaced with “swastikas” and “KKK”.
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 16, 2023
No police report was filed.
This is a blatant hate crime & those responsible must be punished to the fullest extent of the law @NewportBeachPD
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The school did not initially report the incident but later reported it to the police, which is now investigating the incident as an alleged hate crime.
The antisemitic graphics come just a week after the Palestinian terror group Hamas invaded Israel and sparked the start of a violent war.
The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the longest-running in history, with tensions simmering for decades and intermittently escalating into armed clashes which have seen thousands of people killed on both sides.