Seattle synagogues defaced with swastikas

Unknown vandals have painted red swastikas on two synagogues in the Seattle area, in the US state of Washington. The Nazi symbols and the phrase "4th Riech" [sic] were painted on Saturday night or early Sunday morning, police and synagogue members told the ‘Seattle Times’. The word ‘Nazi’ and at least eight other swastikas also were painted on a sidewalk and driveway in the area, a member of the congregation told the newspaper. Congregants at the two synagogues were attending Selichot services during the incident. Seattle police said they were treating the crimes "very seriously.”

Meanwhile, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, graves belonging to victims of the 1994 AMIA terror attack were among those vandalized in the Jewish cemetery ‘La Tablada’. Local Jewish leaders denounced the vandalism.