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Police in Sweden Open Hate Crime Investigation After Swastikas Sprayed on Mosque

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Reason Staff | 1.2.2014 8:00 AM

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Swedish police have opened a hate-crime investigation after swastikas were spray-painted on the entrance of a mosque in downtown Stockholm.

Omar Mustafa, the head of Sweden's Islamic federation, says employees discovered the vandalism as they arrived to open the mosque Thursday morning. He posted pictures of the graffiti on Twitter.

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