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Outrage as swastikas and racist graffiti appears across Merseyside
['Elliot Jessett', 'Liam Thorp']
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Outrage as swastikas and racist graffiti appears across MerseysideCouncil leader says 'we're not having it' after appalling volume of race hate messages daubed across communitiesView 3 Images Graffiti on the walls of an underpass in Litherland, Liverpool (Image: Liverpool Echo)A Merseyside leader has said "we won't tolerate this filth" after shocking racist graffiti and swastikas appeared at locations across the region.
Other graffiti aimed racist slurs at Muslims and people from Pakistan, while other grim messages told immigrants to "go home".
The Liverpool ECHO has received numerous complaints from residents after racist messages and a large number of swastikas appeared under canal bridges and on walls in Merseyside communities.
One person who witnessed the graffiti daubed on a canal bridge wall, wrote: "Every bridge [along the canal] had offensive and racist graffiti.
A Merseyside Police spokesperson said: "We will not tolerate racist and hateful graffiti being committed in our community and we are carrying out enquiries to find the perpetrators.
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