A Hare Krishna temple has been vandalised with the word "die" spray-painted on a wall on Brisbane's southside, just two days after a pig's head was dumped at the Islamic College of Brisbane.
The vandals targeted the front-facing wall of the temple in Seventeen Mile Rocks and smashed another window before running to their car.
Temple residents said when they realised what had happened, they tried to chase the individuals down the street, but the offenders had already driven off.
Witnesses said the vandals had also turned off their licence plate light so it could not be seen.
Temple resident Roman Dimitrov said he had been "a little bit afraid because I didn't know what was happening".
"Someone just came with the intent to put fear in the place, to make some statement," he said.
Mr Dimitrov said the attack specifically concerned him because they were amid preparations for the temple's most important festival, Janmashtami.
"It's the biggest celebration of the year, it's like Christmas … and I think there was an intent to discourage us," he said.
"We've got a lot of kids coming to the site — I'm more aware of it and I've recommended stronger security systems."
Devotees and visitors said they were shocked the temple was targeted.
Kajal Thakar was on her way to morning prayers when she saw the damage.
"I was like, how can something like this happen?" she said.
"But we are all grateful the person didn't enter inside and deface our deities."
Temple president Jason Goreing said it was the first time the temple had been targeted.
"The police took finger prints and did forensics and all that type of thing … now we're just working on cleaning up," he said.
Police are investigating the incident.
On Wednesday morning, a pig's head was found inside a bag with a swastika label outside the Islamic College of Brisbane.
It was discovered by teachers and ground staff outside the front gates of the school at Karawatha.
