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A swastika spray painted on a sign informing the public that car park is closed near the beach at the Briar Dene car park in Whitley Bay, Northumberland

SWASTIKAS were spray-painted on signs urging people to stay at home and protect the NHS during the coronavirus lockdown, it emerged today.

Northumbria Police said it was “horrified” to find that a number of closed car-park signs along the coast between Seaton Sluice and Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, were attacked overnight by vandals.

At least five locations over two miles were attacked, including a sign saying: “Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives.”

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