Crime & Safety

Swastikas Discovered In Reston Area: Police

Police are investigating after a woman discovered swastikas in a Reston-area neighborhood last weekend.

Police are investigating after a woman discovered swastikas in a Reston-area neighborhood.
Police are investigating after a woman discovered swastikas in a Reston-area neighborhood. (Image via FCPD)

RESTON, VA -- A woman found swastikas spray-painted onto a drainage tunnel in a Reston-area neighborhood last weekend, police say.

The woman found the swastikas in the area of McLearen Road and West Ox Road in Hunter Mill at around 5:37 p.m. on Feb. 23, according to a report from the Fairfax County Police Department.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has responded and is in the process of fixing the damage, the report states.

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