Police are investigating the vandalism of a Jewish temple in Lincoln as a hate crime.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that a passerby reported Wednesday morning that epithets had been painted on the front steps of the South Street Temple.
A responding officer also discovered a swastika drawn in orange paint on the building's front steps.
Officer Erin Spilker says the vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime and that no other places of worship had reported similar incidents.
Police are asking anyone near the temple whose property was vandalized by orange paint to make a report.