A spate of anti-Semitic and racist graffiti in Dollard des Ormeaux Sunday night spurred police into a door-to-door campaign asking for the public to be on alert.
"We went door-to-door, asking people to call us if they see anything suspicious," said Montreal Police Constable Chantal Castonguay.
On Sunday, a few cars, garage doors and fences on Choquette, Ernest and Einstein Streets were sprayed with graffiti displaying swastikas as well as racially offensive words.
Police believe the vandalism is most likely the work of hooligans, one police source said.
"The swastikas were painted backwards and in some cases, the people who lived in the home were not Jewish," said the source.
In another case, the graffiti featured anti-black slurs. Police said the investigation continues.
Montreal Gazette
