Two religious institutions in San Diego's Bankers Hill neighborhood were vandalized overnight Thursday [February 6], marking the second such incident in a week, police said.
The San Diego Police Department responded to reports of vandalism at Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and Ohr Shalom Synagogue around 6 a.m. Both properties were marked with black spray paint, including the words "Lebanon" and "Gaza" on the synagogue's walls.
The cathedral was defaced with profanity and other hostile messages.
[Note: In news footage you can see that the "hostile messages" included the phrase "No gods" and an upside-down cross.]
The two worship sites, located within a five-minute walk of each other, were similarly vandalized just one week ago.
As of February 14, one person was arrested for these actions and "also accused of dousing a religious altar outside a person's home with alcohol and unsuccessfully attempting to set the altar ablaze last December." The same person allegedly "returned to the same home a month later and vandalized several religious statues at the residence." Charges include "interference with civil rights, vandalism of religious property for intimidation, and arson."
Compiled from Mainstream Media