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Police are investigating after offensive neo-Nazi posters were put up in Cardiff.

A spokeswoman for South Wales Police said officers were investigating offensive posters on display in the Park Place and Senghennydd Road areas of Cathays , Cardiff.

One of the posters shows a swastika over a mushroom cloud and what appear to be mosques.

A second says “Death to Traitors” and “Freedom for Britain” and shows what appears to be a frontline politician’s head on a stake with blood dropping from it and the word Traitor on her forehead.

The incident was reported to police on Sunday and officers are checking CCTV in the area.

The spokeswoman said: “They have now been recovered to be forensically examined.”

A man, who did not wish to be named, said he saw the posters on Sunday morning while walking in Cathays.

“I was particularly taken aback by this however as the immediate thing in view was a large swastika,” he said.

“I read the text and initially thought it may have been intended as a well meaning if quite unaware anti-fascist message. On the second reading my heart started to race as I realised it definitively was not.

“It couldn’t have been there long as the rain overnight had failed to destroy the flimsy paper. But I took a photograph and immediately stripped it off.

“Along with some friends we took down around 15 from Park Place and Senghennydd Road.”

He then posted images of the posters on social media.

“This has been shared by innumerable people now, frankly I couldn’t keep count, including many people who I don’t know.

“Several of my friends and fellow anti-fascists immediately sprung into life and also toured the Cathays and Roath areas to see if any more had gone up.

“The response has been overwhelmingly positive and heartening. It is upsetting to see that there are people who hold these views, but that they’re confident to express them like this.”

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Labour MP for Cardiff Central, Jo Stevens, said: “If these fascists think they will find like minded people in Cardiff and particularly in Cathays for their hatred and racism then they’re wrong.

“As Woody Guthrie so memorably sang in 1942 “All you fascists bound to lose”. He was right then and is still right today.”

A Cardiff University spokesperson said: " We immediately removed the posters that appeared on some of our buildings over the weekend and would encourage staff, students and members of the public to let us know about any others they come across on our campus.

"Cardiff University prides itself on being multicultural, tolerant and welcoming and we are committed to upholding a culture free from discrimination.”

A spokesperson for Cardiff University Students’ Union said: "A number of offensive posters appeared in the vicinity of the Students’ Union over the weekend.

"Any such offensive posters that are found on or around the Students’ Union building will be removed immediately. We are working with South Wales Police as they investigate this incident.

"At Cardiff University Students’ Union we offer a safe and inclusive space to all of our student members and are committed to working with Cardiff University to uphold a culture free from discrimination."

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting reference number 381703.