Swastika daubed on Sikh gurdwara in Gravesend
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Updated: 14:09, 07 March 2021
Police are investigating after a Nazi swastika symbol was daubed on the boundary wall outside a Sikh gurdwara in Gravesend.
Assistant Chief Constable Peter Ayling said it was an appalling act and promised his force would investigate.
Assistant Chief Constable Peter Ayling
The swastika was spray-painted on the boundary wall of the Siri Guru Nanak Darbar, near to the gate of the building in Khalsa Avenue, it is believed on Wednesday evening.
It has since been removed by volunteers who had to paint over it.
Worshipper Sukh Singh tweeted: This is depressing. I thought we were way past this.
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