A vaccination center in Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (Landes) was tagged with swastikas, discovered Monday morning by staff, said the Dax prosecutor's office on Wednesday, which opened an investigation for degradation of public utility .
Some were drawn upside down, explained the prosecution, confirming information from France Bleu Gascogne.
According to a source close to the investigation, they were "badly drawn" swastikas.
Police were notified after the drawings were erased by cleaning services.
Similar signs were found the next day, Tuesday, drawn with a marker on a poster indicating the vaccination center and people witnessed insults and threats made Tuesday and Wednesday by a man against reception staff from the center, according to the same source.
A security guard during opening hours
France Bleu Gascogne indicated that one of its journalists, "also potentially threatened by the same man", had been heard by the police within the framework of this investigation.
According to the mayor of Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, Julien Bazus, questioned by the radio, a security guard will now be present at the vaccination center during opening hours.
"We have reinforced security around the center, with the national and municipal police," the elected official told France Bleu.
