Vandals spraypaint schools, homes, playground

HILLSBORO, N.H. -- Police in Hillsboro are looking for vandals who spray-painted schools, a playground, a home and apartment building with swastikas, hate speech and profanity.

The vandals hit the Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School and the town's middle school and also tried to set the playground on fire.

Police officer Nicholas Hodgen says the scope of the damage is alarming.

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