Swastikas, racist graffiti spray painted on Chateauguay businesses

Swastikas and racist graffiti were spraypainted on at a strip mall in Chateauguay (CTV News)

Chateauguay police are investigating after several businesses were tagged with swastikas.

Business owners discovered the swastikas and racist graffiti Wednesday morning at their strip mall on Kepler Street.

They say multiple businesses and an elementary school have been vandalized in the past few weeks.

"With that particular symbol and the words that were used in the graffiti, it's evil. It's a symbol of hate and honestly it feels threatening. I've seen other things being written and I just find in that sense the actual graffiti is threatening when those types of symbols are used," said Michael Ghorayeb, owner of the BLVD Bar & Grill.

Most of the businesses were able to wash off the graffiti.

Nadia Grondin, a spokesperson for The Chateauguay police, said about a dozen reports of anti-semitic graffiti have been received since Feb. 21.

The graffiti was painted onto a variety of private and public properties, she said.

Police are investigating and hoping to use security camera footage to find suspects, although at this time, no arrests have been made.