Teen sporting fake Hitler moustache does Nazi salute outside Scottish shul
Incident outside Giffnock & Newlands Synagogue is being treated as antisemitic hate crime by local police
A teenage boy in Scotland was filmed performing the Nazi salute in front of a local synagogue while wearing a fake Hitler moustache.
The STV station on Monday reported that the incident outside Giffnock & Newlands Synagogue, which was exposed in social networks but whose exact date is not known, is being treated as antisemitic hate crime by local police.
“Police Scotland is aware of a video circulating online on various social media channels which shows a teenage boy conducting actions of an antisemitic nature outside a synagogue. Inquiries are ongoing to trace the persons responsible for making and distributing the video,” a police spokeswoman was quoted as telling STV.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland told the JC later on Monday: “A 16-year-old-boy has been charged and is the subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal and the Scottish Children’s Reporters Administration in connection with the incident.”
The video is believed to have been created via the TikTok social media video app, and reportedly was circulated among students at the end of last week, according to the Jewish Chronicle.
Paul Edlin, president of Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, told STV: “The Glasgow Jewish Representative Council are appalled at this antisemitic hate crime and we understand that the police are pursuing it vigorously and hope that the alleged perpetrators will be brought to justice quickly.
“The fact that it is now posted on social media makes it an even more significant hate crime,” he added.
The Community Security Trust told the Evening Times of Glasgow: “CST notes that a youth has been charged by Police in connection with this and we hope that, one way or another, the teenager learns the lesson of their ways.”
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