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1. Niles man faces hate-crime charges for antisemitic vandalism in Rogers Park

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Tue Feb 1, 2022, 08:48 PM

Feb 2022

A 39-year-old Niles man has been charged with several hate-crime offenses after a synagogue and school were vandalized in Rogers Park over the weekend.

Shahid Hussain faces two felony counts of committing a hate crime against a synagogue or church and two felony counts of committing a hate crime against a school, among other charges, Chicago police announced Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities said he is the person responsible for vandalism incidents directed at a synagogue and school on Devon Avenue and other properties.

Swastikas were discovered Sunday on a wall of the F.R.E.E. Synagogue at 2935 W. Devon Ave. and on a shipping container used by the Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School at 3021 W. Devon Ave., according to police.

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