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Updated: 9:20 a.m. Tuesday -- In addition to West Bloomfield, Farmington Hills and Macomb County, antisemitic flyers were also found in Commerce Township, Rochester Hills, Commerce Township, Northville, and Canton, the Detroit Free Press reports.
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Police are investigating a mass of antisemtic flyers found Saturday at homes in West Bloomfield, Farmington Hills and Macomb County.
Local and federal authorities are investigating the matter as an ethnic intimidation case.
West Bloomfield Police issued a press release saying that the department received a call around 8 a.m. about residents in the 4800 block of Pelican Way finding a Ziploc bag full of antisemtic flyers in their driveways. One of the flyers made a crude sexual remark about Jews and babies.
Police said the initial investigation found more than 100 households in the neighborhood received materials.
Farmington Hills Police also issued a press release saying they found more than 100 homes had received the flyers.
And in Macomb County, the sheriff's department issued a statement saying that deputies were dispatched to Brookside Lane in Washington Township on Sunday morning "for a suspicious situation where anti-Semitic literature was discovered outside of multiple residences."
West Bloomfield Police said security camera footage from a resident showwed a dark-colored pickup truck in the neighborhood around 11:45 p.m. Friday. Police said it's unclear if the truck is linked to the flyers.
"The West Bloomfield Police Department strongly condemns hate of any kind and is actively investigating this situation a case of ethnic intimidation," the department said.
The Anti-Defamation League issued a statement to WXYZ:
"This is a known virulent antisemitic group whose only mission is to sow discord and spew vile anti-Jewish rhetoric. Last night several communities in the Detroit area were impacted by this cowardly act of harassment. There is no evidence to suggest the baggies contain anything hazardous at this point, but anyone finding a baggie with a note in it should report it to their local law enforcement agency."
The incident happened just before the one year anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered war and mass death and destruction in the region.
ADL issued a statement on X, saying:
"10,000+ antisemitic incidents were recorded by ADL since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel. This is the highest number of incidents ever recorded in any single year period since ADL started tracking in 1979 – a 200%+ increase compared to incidents reported to us during the same period a year before."
