a swastika discovered at the home of the mayor of Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer

A swastika was inscribed on the exterior wall of the home of the mayor of Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer on the night of Wednesday November 15 to Thursday November 16, the prefect of Var announced on Friday in a shared press release. on (formerly Twitter). “My fence was unambiguously tagged”writes for his part the mayor of the town, Gilles Vincent, who shares a photo of the tag in a publication on Facebook.

“It was the mayor who was targeted because only my house was tagged”, adds Gilles Vincent, who announces his intention to file a complaint. The services of the departmental directorate of the national police were contacted “in order to find and arrest the perpetrator(s) of this act”, adds the prefect of the department. The latter denounces “ignoble and unacceptable degradation” And “condemns with the greatest firmness these acts.”

More than 1,500 anti-Semitic acts or remarks have been recorded in France since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Minister of the Interior recently reported. A total of 330 investigations have been opened for anti-Semitic acts and advocacy of terrorism since that date, according to the Ministry of Justice.