University of Minnesota police arrested a student Thursday for allegedly vandalizing a public area of a residence hall with anti-Semitic graffiti.
The 18-year-old student from St. Cloud faces a charge of criminal damage to property, according to a police report, and university officials called the case a bias crime. The student allegedly drew a swastika on a desk in a public part of the 17th Avenue Residence Hall, where he lives.
The incident reported to police on Feb. 7 is one of seven cases of anti-Semitic graffiti or propaganda reported to the university's Bias Response and Referral Network since the beginning of December.
Thursday's arrest occurred a week after another student found a swastika and a picture of a concentration camp drawn on a white board inside his room.
"The University of Minnesota condemns all acts of hate on our campus," a news release noted.
