Natick police are investigating what they are calling a "bias event" after swastikas were found spray-painted on Department of Public Works signage at a popular trail in the town.

Part of the Cochituate Rail Trail is closed down while the Loker Street pedestrian bridge is being removed. There are signs on the trail blocking people from going down the trail and redirecting them to a detour.

Three signs vandalized

At 8 a.m. Monday morning, police were called to the trail when the vandalism was spotted. Swastikas were found spray-painted onto three of the DPW signs.

"Would you be surprised if I said I was not surprised?" said Vidya Gopalakrishnan, an avid walker of the rail trail. "Nowadays people are very much, they are not scared to do those particular signs."

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