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ALAMEDA — Fliers featuring a swastika and a “hate message” were discovered on the sidewalk of Sherman Street on Sunday, police said.

The discovery of the fliers came just days after windows at Temple Israel of Alameda were broken in what police have described as a hate crime. The fliers also follow an incident of someone drawing a swastika in the dust of a vehicle window parked on Eastshore Drive.

A resident of the 1400 block of Sherman Street initially found one of the fliers, which measure about 3-inches-by-5-inches, across the street from his residence about 9 a.m. Sunday, Alameda police Lt. Hoshmand Durani said.

The man did not contact police until he found a second flier about 3:45 p.m. also near his home on the sidewalk. An officer dispatched to investigate then found a third flier on the sidewalk.

The man who reported the fliers did not think they were intended for him, said Durani, who noted the investigation is ongoing.

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The fliers featured a swastika and “a hate message,” he said.

According to a posting on the social network site Nextdoor from a woman who said an officer visited her home seeking possible witnesses, the fliers contained a message against Muslims.

The windows at Temple Israel of Alameda on Mecartney Road were broken sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. A door was also slightly damaged.

About 500 people gathered at the synagogue on Friday night to show solidarity with the congregation.

The swastika found drawn in the dust of the vehicle window was reported about 7:20 p.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of Eastshore Drive, police said.

“We are still in the preliminary stages, and we will attempt to determine why the reporting party was targeted,” Durani said. “In addition, as of now, we don’t have any evidence of this incident being related to the Temple Israel incident.”

The discovery of the fliers and the other events in Alameda follow the violence Aug. 12 in Charlottesville, Virginia, where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed by a driver who rammed his car into a group of people demonstrating against a white supremacist rally.

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Anyone with information on any of the local cases can call Alameda police at 510-337-8340.