Swastikas spray-painted on buildings near UCF

By Monivette Cordeiro on Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 9:31 am

Imagine waking up Christmas Morning, walking out your front door, and seeing this. Story tonight on @MyNews13 pic.twitter.com/kYD8XjFS1u
— Spectrum News Wildman (@NewsWildman) December 25, 2018

Someone spray-painted more than a dozen swastikas on buildings along Alafaya Trail near the University of Central Florida.

News 13 reports the symbol appropriated by Nazi Germany, white supremacists and other extremist groups was found by local residents early Tuesday morning. At University Apartments, where about 10 swastikas were found, residents also found two German words that translate to "forever."

The swastikas have since been covered with Christmas wrapping paper and messages of love.

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This woman told #KnightNews she saw Swastikas all over Alafaya early this morning and took action — covering the symbols of hate with messages of love. She says she didn’t want people to wake up Christmas morning to see the ugly symbols. We’ll have more of her story soon on KnightNews.com.

A post shared by KnightNews.com (@ucfknightnews) on Dec 25, 2018 at 4:46pm PST

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