A SHOCKING swastika has been left scrawled on a wall in a Southend park.

The Nazi symbol has been drawn in Chalkwell Park, on Chalkwell Avenue, with Southend Council set to "take action immediately."

The swastika, symbolised during Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime, was drawn on a stone wall in the popular park

A gang armed with “two three foot machetes” chase a boy across the park on Sunday, just days after Luke Bellfield was murdered.

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The photo of the symbol has been circulating on social media, and in response, Southend Council insisted "the team will act quickly.".

A spokesman for the counci, said: "We aim to remove obscene and racist graffiti like this as soon as possible once reported to us."