Ottawa pizzeria vandalized overnight prompts community members to help [Video]

Owners and customers of Milano Pizzeria on St. Laurent Boulevard were shocked Sunday morning to find the restaurant had been vandalized.

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Late Saturday night, windows were smashed in, with swastikas and racist language spray-painted along the outside of the building and pavement.

Owner George Abou Faissal declined an on-camera interview Sunday, but told CTV News he has never faced an incident like this in the 27-years he has worked in the community.

Friend Mark Honigman says he was dumbfounded when he heard of the vandalism.

“Being Jewish and seeing the swastikas – it’s obviously very, very degrading,” he said.

“These are people that we have to sit down, talk and say, ‘where did this come from? How can we help you better understand?'”

Chris King was celebrating a birthday lunch on Sunday. He says the …