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Thugs target two Conservative Party offices in Aberdeen with vile Nazi symbols

Two Scottish Conservative Party offices in Aberdeen have been vandalised with Nazi symbols in an attack by thugs.

North East Scotland MSP Douglas Lumsden posted pictures on social media of graffiti on the door and window of his office in the Rosemount Place area of the city.

Lumsden, who shares the office with fellow MSPs Liam Kerr and Tess White, said his staff who encountered the swastikas earlier today "shouldn’t have to face this nonsense".

Thugs also targeted a second venue in the city on West Mount Street, which is home to the City of Aberdeen Conservatives group. Both incidents have been reported to Police Scotland.

It's not the first time the Tories have had their Rosemount Place office vandalised.

Graffiti was sprayed on the door of the office in Aberdeen (Twitter)

In January last year former MSP Tom Mason posted a snap of a swastika daubed on the window.

Following the attack last night, Lumsden said: "Scottish Parliamentary staff came to work this morning and were greeted by this despicable vandalism.

"No one deserves to be faced with this, in what is meant to be a fair and tolerant society.

"Recent appeals for a fairer and more respectful politics were plainly lost on someone.

"It has been reported to the police.”

Kerr also tweeted the pictures and said: "This is what met our staff at our vandalised office this morning.

"Disgraceful. Public money will be wasted on cleaning this up. Our excellent staff shouldn’t have to put up with this nonsense."

Fellow MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston commented, he said: "Absolutely disgraceful."

While Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser said it was "dreadful".

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware this morning, Friday 3 December, of two business premises, one in Rosemount Place and one in Westmount Street, being vandalised overnight.

"The incidents are being treated as linked and enquiries are ongoing to find those responsible.”

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