Police launch hunt for sick vandal who damaged memorial to October 7 victims just days before anniversary
6 October 2024, 23:35 | Updated: 7 October 2024, 07:31
Police have launched an appeal for a sick vandal who was filmed desecrating a memorial to the victims of the October 7 massacre - just days before the world marks the anniversary of the attack.
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The memorial in Hove, near Brighton in East Sussex, was filmed being damaged by a man in a beige tracksuit on Sunday.
No suspects have yet been arrested.
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Police said that they are treating the incident as a hate crime.
This is the hateful antisemite who destroyed our 7/10 memorial on Jewish New Year. Disgusting, despicable human being. @sussex_police pic.twitter.com/V77ViCv3xC
— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) October 6, 2024
We are aware of a video circulating online of a man damaging a Jewish memorial in Hove.
— Sussex Police (@sussex_police) October 6, 2024
Detective Supt Newman said,
"We understand the distress this may cause, and we are treating this incident as a hate crime."
Information can be reported online or via 101, ref 158 of 04/10. pic.twitter.com/hMwPjT74XL
The incident came ahead of the first anniversary of the attack, which sparked a widening war in the Middle East.
A Sussex Police statement said: "We are aware of a video circulating online of a man damaging a Jewish memorial in Hove".
Detective Supt Newman said: "We understand the distress this may cause, and we are treating this incident as a hate crime."
