Police investigating string of vandalism overnight in downtown Regina

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Crews could be seen removing vandalism reading 'Save Gaza' from the Regina Cenotaph early Thursday morning. Police say they are investigating the vandalism, which is part of a series of tags the premier called 'disgusting' and 'anti-Semitic.' (Will Draper/CBC - image credit)
Crews could be seen removing vandalism reading 'Save Gaza' from the Regina Cenotaph early Thursday morning. Police say they are investigating the vandalism, which is part of a series of tags the premier called 'disgusting' and 'anti-Semitic.' (Will Draper/CBC - image credit)

Regina police say they are investigating after several locations in downtown Regina were vandalized overnight with what Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe called "disgusting anti-Semitic messages."

The vandals tagged the Regina Cenotaph, a memorial for soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War, and at least two bus stops and one downtown sidewalk, CBC journalists observed Thursday morning.

The messages said "Save Gaza" and accused Zionists of harming children.

Some used disturbing language next to Stars of David, accusing Zionists — people who support the state of Israel as a Jewish state and homeland — of harming children.

Another called for "All eyes on Raffah."

Sask. Premier Scott Moe called the vandalism "disgusting anti-Semitic messages" on Thursday morning.

"There is no place for this kind of anti-Semitic hatred in Saskatchewan," he wrote in a post on X.

City crews were working to remove the vandalism from the Cenotaph later on Thursday morning.

After CBC News reached out to Regina Police about the vandalism, spokesperson Leslie Parker wrote in an email that police "are aware of these incidents, and that it is under investigation."

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