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University of Michigan disciplines athletes after campus Jewish centre vandalised

Two students have been suspended from their sports teams following the defacement

October 3, 2023 12:52
University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, MI - SEPTEMBER 6: General view of the entrance to Michigan Stadium prior to the game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Houston Cougars on September 6, 2003 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan defeated Houston 50-3. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Getty Images)
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Two athletes at a US university have been disciplined for allegedly spray-painting graffiti outside a Jewish centre on their campus.

The University of Michigan students are believed to have vandalised the on-campus Jewish resource centre in broad daylight in August, daubing homophobic slurs on the pavement in front of the building. 

Footage captured by security cameras was shared by the local police force, which asked the public to help identify the two figures seen.

A male member of the university’s ice hockey team, the Wolverines, and a female member of its lacrosse team, have been named as the students responsible, according to American news site The Algemeiner.