Swastikas were discovered Monday on the walls of the church of Echouboulains and the town hall of Vaux-le-Pénil, adding to similar tags that have appeared in Seine-en-Marne for a week.
A sinister rehearsal that intrigues investigators.
Swastikas were discovered Monday on the walls of the church of Echouboulains and the town hall of Vaux-le-Pénil, in addition to similar tags that have appeared in Seine-en-Marne for a week, a-t - we learned from the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne.
"Three pink swastikas were discovered on the church and one on the back wall of the town hall," detailed the prefecture.
The tags were accompanied by the inscription "Biobananas" as well as "free party" on the town hall, she added.
No claim for the moment
"These facts will be part of the ongoing investigation," the Melun prosecutor's office told AFP, indicating that a suspect was arrested and then released last week and that "the investigation is continuing".
"The prefect condemns with the greatest firmness these unspeakable acts. Police and gendarmerie are mobilized. The perpetrators will not go unpunished," said the prefecture on its Twitter account.
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Morbihan: swastikas painted on graves
For a week, swastikas attached to other words in a mysterious sense have flourished in various towns in the department.
About sixty graves in the municipal cemetery of Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne) were thus desecrated by pink, white and silver swastikas on the night of December 27 to 28.
No claim had been found there.
The metal shutters of the municipal crèche in Melun were in turn tagged the next day with a pink swastika and the two words, "Biobananas" and "Charles".
"The inscriptions are on various walls and buildings, it is not targeted" to an institution or a community in particular, said the prosecutor's office in Melun.