 Vandals spray-painted satanic symbols on the entrance to a popular local vodka bar called The Holy Spirit after a prominent politican said the name 'offended' his faith. The venue in the South African city of Cape Town had the figure '666' and a pentagram plastered across one of its walls on Tuesday. Another wall was covered with a huge splash of red paint, along with the pavement and parts of a closed gate. Owner Olya Kirkluk said: 'We are obviously saddened that certain individuals have gone as far as this. 'Vandalising property is never an acceptable form of behaviour and we wish that no small business is subject to such contempt in future. 'Our small restaurant was built from the ground up with lots of love and sweat. Our place welcomes absolutely everyone and exists as a safe space for all to come and be themselves.' She went on to seemingly call out local politician Mmusi Maimane for his comments criticising the name of her bar some three weeks ago. Vandals spray-painted The Holy Spirit bar in Cape Town on Tuesday (Pictures: Instagram/@the_holy_spirit_ct) Owner Olya Kirkluk said her venue was 'built from the ground up with lots of love' (Pictures: Instagram/@the_holy_spirit_ct) The figure '666' and a pentagram symbol were left on one of the walls (Pictures: Instagram/@the_holy_spirit_ct) The former leader of the country's official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, had said the name 'belongs in the pit of hell' in an Instagram post. Mr Maimane, who is also a preacher, said: 'Why use what is sacred to a faith to your restaurant? Would you do this to another religion? I find it offensive, offends my faith and I will oppose it.' After the vandalism attack, Ms Kirkluk appeared to respond directly to this when she wrote on social media: 'We find it regrettable that any person with big social media reach would be so obtuse to the fact that){kind=link}
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Vandals spray-painted satanic symbols on the entrance to a popular local vodka bar called The Holy Spirit after a prominent politican said the name ‘offended’ his faith.
The venue in the South African city of Cape Town had the figure ‘666’ and a pentagram plastered across one of its walls on Tuesday.
Another wall was covered with a huge splash of red paint, along with the pavement and parts of a closed gate.
Owner Olya Kirkluk said: ‘We are obviously saddened that certain individuals have gone as far as this.