Swastikas, Anti-Semitic Writing Found at Manalapan Elementary School

MANALAPAN, NJ - A swastika and anti-Semitic writing were found written at a Manalapan Township elementary school last week, and police are actively investigating who may have left them. The writing was discovered Thursday evening after 6 p.m. at the Clark Mills school located on Gordon’s Corner Road in Englishtown, police said.

At 6:41 p.m. Patrolman Anthony Cascella responded to a call of bias-related criminal mischief found at the school's playground. Anti-Semitic comments were found written in chalk on the playground and a picture of a swastika was also nearby, approximately 30 feet from the playground on a paved driveway leading to the school.

When asked by Patch, Manalapan police declined to release what the comments specifically said. "Unfortunately, the contents are part of an active investigation," said Capt. Thomas Barstow. "Nothing else will be released until the case is completed."

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There are no suspects at this time, but police are working with the Clark Mills school to review video surveillance. Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to please contact the Manalapan Township Police Department at 732-446-4300.

Other incidents of swastikas popping up in New Jersey so far in 2017 include swastikas spray painted at Rutgers University in February and a swastika painted on an abandoned Mahwah country club in March. The most recent incident in Monmouth County was in early February, when swastikas, anti-Trump graffiti and the words "Muslims matter" was found written on fences and street signs in Atlantic Highlands and Middletown.

Read those stories here:

Swastikas, Anti-Trump Tags Found in Atlantic Highlands and Middletown

Swastika Found on Rutgers Campus

Swastika Painted On Former Mahwah Country Club Building

Patch file photo of Clark Mills elementary school in Manalapan, NJ.