Swastikas sprayed on burnt school

LUEBECK - Unidentified attackers set fire to a kindergarten school next to a church in northern Germany overnight and sprayed…

LUEBECK - Unidentified attackers set fire to a kindergarten school next to a church in northern Germany overnight and sprayed Nazi swastikas on a wall, police said yesterday. The fire caused some damage but no injuries.

Police found a slogan threatening a local priest sprayed on the building. The priest is a campaigner against the deportation of Algerian asylum seekers.

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