Crime & Safety
2 Swastikas Spray-Painted On Wall Near Apartment Complex In Philadelphia's Somerton Section
Olga Danlovskiy said the space is a popular gathering spot for the apartments' tenants, many of whom are Jewish people of Russian origin.
December 14, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia Police are investigating after two swastikas were spray-painted on a wall near a senior apartment complex in Somerton that's home to several Jewish people.
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The department said detectives are still in the early stages of their investigation and added that they needed to find whoever spray-painted the Nazi symbols.
The swastikas are located on a wall in a green space between the Ephraim Goldstein Apartments and Leo Mall off Bustleton Road in Northeast Philadelphia.
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