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Fifth swastika reported to Bloomington Police in three weeks

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Bloomington Police received a fifth report of a swastika Tuesday – after receiving four others in the last two weeks.

According to the Bloomington Police Dept., a woman filed a report for vandalism on a building on South Walnut Street. The BPD said in a statement that the woman noticed it in the last couple weeks, and it’s now partially covered.

She wanted police to know about the vandalism given the other recent reports, the statement said.

The statement added that it is not known when the swastika the woman reported was painted and there are no suspects.

Read: Bloomington Police investigate four swastikas reported in the last two weeks

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Bente Bouthier is a reporter and show producer with WFIU and WTIU News. She graduated from Indiana University in 2019, where she studied journalism, public affairs, and French.