French police have launched an investigation after around 40 swastikas, racist and anti-Semitic insults were sprayed on a college’s walls in Agde, in the Hérault department, southern France.

French Education Minister Xavier Darcos inspected the graffiti on Thursday and firmly condemned what he termed “violent profanities”.

He has asked for a swift investigation and said the culprits would be severely punished.

“We see that the work to fight ignorance which is the source of these forms of barbarism and provocation must not be stopped,” the minister said.

(Source: EJP)