Roslyn Heights Elementary School Swastika, Graffiti Probed By Nassau County Police

Police Probe Graffiti, Swastika At School
Crime scene police tape lays on the ground at the spot where a boy was kidnapped in the neighborhood of Barrio Obrero in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. A group of masked men kidnapped a 6-year-old boy Tuesday in this working class neighborhood of the capital, according to the FBI. Puerto Rico police said in a statement that the boy was with his father, who was injured in the attack. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Crime scene police tape lays on the ground at the spot where a boy was kidnapped in the neighborhood of Barrio Obrero in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. A group of masked men kidnapped a 6-year-old boy Tuesday in this working class neighborhood of the capital, according to the FBI. Puerto Rico police said in a statement that the boy was with his father, who was injured in the attack. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Graffiti, including a swastika and "obscene words," was found marked on a playground slide at an elementary school in Roslyn Heights, police said.

Nassau County police said the graffiti, discovered Monday morning at the Heights Elementary School, is now being investigated as a bias incident.

Written in a black marker, graffiti was emblazoned on the playground slide sometime between Friday and Monday at 8 a.m., police said.

Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential. ___

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