Wednesday morning, security guards at Temple Israel in Minneapolis discovered the synagogue had been vandalized with what synagogue leaders are calling antisemitic rhetoric.

Police and the FBI announced Wednesday evening that they are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. Graffiti on the building references the Hamas attack in Israel two years ago.

MPD Police Chief Brian O'Hara says the vandals spraypainted inverted red triangles — antisemitic symbols that the Nazis used during the Holocaust.

“It is certainly something that is well known in the Jewish community,” O’Hara said. “And the individual who did this knew the potential terror he could inflict largely on the community.”

The vandalism at Temple Israel comes on the heels of a break-in at Alhikmah Islamic Center in Minneapol

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