Netherlands: Racist slogans painted on Turkish association, mosque
The Veendam municipality put up pictures of the slogans on the walls on their site.
The building of the Turkish association Turk Der and the mosque in Veendam-Noord were covered with racist slogans Saturday night. The administration of Turk Der calls this a 'serious attack for the Turkish community." The municipality of Veendam already removed the slogans.
There is unrest within the Turkish community (1500 people). There is fear from arson of the buildings. It is the third time that the locality of Turk Der, active in Veendam since 1980, has been covered with graffiti. The perpetrators were never caught.
The administration of Turk Der does not think this is a prank and calls on witnesses to report to the police. The racist slogans were supposedly put on the walls around 3-4AM Saturday night.
Source: DvhN (Dutch)
The Veendam municipality put up pictures of the slogans on the walls on their site.
The building of the Turkish association Turk Der and the mosque in Veendam-Noord were covered with racist slogans Saturday night. The administration of Turk Der calls this a 'serious attack for the Turkish community." The municipality of Veendam already removed the slogans.
There is unrest within the Turkish community (1500 people). There is fear from arson of the buildings. It is the third time that the locality of Turk Der, active in Veendam since 1980, has been covered with graffiti. The perpetrators were never caught.
The administration of Turk Der does not think this is a prank and calls on witnesses to report to the police. The racist slogans were supposedly put on the walls around 3-4AM Saturday night.
Source: DvhN (Dutch)
