Swastika posters have appeared at the entrance to a children’s playground for the fifth time in a week after police launched an investigation into the Nazi symbols discovered in Stamford Hill.
Shomrim, the Jewish neighbourhood watch, said it was “sad to see yet again” the image placed at entrance to the playground next to a Jewish Care Home.
The group first alerted police to posters bearing swastikas when they were discovered in the playground last Monday and after they were found for a fourth day in a row, police increased patrols in Stamford Hill.
The Metropolitan Police said it was "aware of the religiously aggravated material that has been appearing" and that "patrols have been increased and we are doing all we can to investigate this."
Shulem Stern from Stamford Hill Shomrim said: "There is a sense of anxiety and fear amongst local parents.
“The playground is next to a Jewish Care home where many elderly Jewish residents live, some of them Holocaust survivors.
“It's a mindless act, I hope the ones responsible are caught and brought to justice."
Shomrim has urged witnesses to call the police with information.
Board of Deputies vice president, Marie van der Zyl said: “The daubing of Nazi symbols in a place where Jewish children study and play is an act of racism intended to spread fear and alarm.
“In a week when the Board of Deputies has given evidence at the Home Affairs Select Committee’s inquiry into the rise of antisemitism, this is an example of one of the many threats the Jewish community faces. We hope the perpetrators will be apprehended and made to feel the full force of the law.”
Stamford Hill, in north-east London, is home to Europe’s largest strictly Orthodox community.
