Half-built mosque vandalized with swastikas in Germany

Rasa - Anti-Islamic slogans and a swastika was painted on a wall of mosque that was being constructed.

News ID: 1868

Date: 22 December 2014 - 15:22

RNA - A half-built mosque in the northwestern German town of Dormagen has been spray painted with swastikas and racist slogans. The act of vandalism comes as anti-Islamic demonstrations continue to grow across Germany, Rasa News reported.

A 500,000 Euro reward has been posted and police are reviewing security footage. Many people have come together to protest the event and show solidarity to the muslims there.

The perpetrators are reported to have entered the building site late Saturday/early Sunday morning. As well as the symbol associated to Nazis, the vandals also wrote slurs such as "off with you to the concentration camp!"

Head of Neuss district police, Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke said he was horrified by the racially motivated crime. There is "no place for the spread of xenophobia or the glorification of the Nazi past" in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss area," he told reporters.

Located between Cologne and Dusseldorf,, there are nearly 4,500 Turks in the city. The mosque being built in Dormagen covers 11,500 square metres and will include a place of prayer, conference room and space for social activities. The cost of the project comes to 3.5million Euros.

Earlier this month, three buildings in the southern German state of Bavaria, which were intended to be used as accommodation for refugees were severely damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack. Racist graffiti was also found on a nearby building, bolstering suspicions that the blazes were deliberately set.

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