Police launch hunt for sick vandal who damaged memorial to October 7 victims just days before anniversary

6 October 2024, 23:35 | Updated: 7 October 2024, 07:31

Police have launched an appeal for a sick vandal who was filmed desecrating a memorial to the victims of the October 7 massacre - just days before the world marks the anniversary of the attack.
Police have launched an appeal for a sick vandal who was filmed desecrating a memorial to the victims of the October 7 massacre - just days before the world marks the anniversary of the attack. Picture: Alamy

By Chay Quinn

Police have launched an appeal for a sick vandal who was filmed desecrating a memorial to the victims of the October 7 massacre - just days before the world marks the anniversary of the attack.

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The memorial in Hove, near Brighton in East Sussex, was filmed being damaged by a man in a beige tracksuit on Sunday.

No suspects have yet been arrested.

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Police said that they are treating the incident as a hate crime.

The incident came ahead of the first anniversary of the attack, which sparked a widening war in the Middle East.

A Sussex Police statement said: "We are aware of a video circulating online of a man damaging a Jewish memorial in Hove".

Detective Supt Newman said: "We understand the distress this may cause, and we are treating this incident as a hate crime."

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