‘F*** the Jews’ daubed at Jewish school in Hackney

A Jewish primary school in Hackney was vandalised with graffiti daubed on its gates reading ‘F*** the Jews.’

Simon Marks primary school was the victim of the anti-Semitic attack in East London .

A spokesman for volunteer neighbourhood watch group Shomrim told the Evening Standard: “It’s disturbing. They were nasty words. It’s being investigated at the moment – we’re checking out CCTV but no one has been caught yet.”

The Community Security Trust told Jewish News: “We’re aware of this ugly graffiti incident and regret that it may cause unease to the school and the surrounding community”.

Simon Marks refused to comment.

A second ‘unrelated’ incident occurred on the same day, according to Shomrim. 

Two cars were vandalised outside Skver Synagogue – by a man wielding an axe/hammer.

The Shomrim spokesman said the incidents were ‘unlikely to be connected’, and did not say whether the second attack had an anti-Semitic in intention.

The Board of Deputies told Jewish News, it “is deeply concerned to learn of the antisemitic attack on a Jewish primary school in Stoke Newington.”

Vice-chair, Marie van der Zyl said “there is no place for hate crime, racism and extremism in this country, not least when it is directed at innocent children. It is a despicable act designed to intimidate and scare. We know that the police will work to bring the culprits to justice, to ensure acts like these don’t go unchallenged or  unpunished”

Suspect with axe/hammer unprovokedly vandalised an unoccupied vehicle parked outside a Synagogue on East Bank #N16 pic.twitter.com/QfUDhmrETL — Shomrim N.E. London (@ShomrimOfficial) June 29, 2015