Vandals Possibly From Hacktivist Group Anonymous Tag Colorado Capitol

DENVER (CBS4) Denver police arrested 10 people accused of spray-painting graffiti on the Colorados state capitol building Wednesday night.

Crews started cleaning it up Thursday morning.

The suspects face charges of destruction of property, and one faces a charge of assaulting an officer. Police didnt saywhat led to that charge.

Suspects (credit: CBS)

State Sen. Bill Cadman, a Republican from Colorado Springs, surveyed the damage Thursday evening.

This is especially disheartening when Iveworked here and when you know the history of this place and what it took to create this, he said.

Some of the graffiti includedprofane language and some appeared to be similar to the symbols used by the international hacktivist group Anonymous. The group has been staging protests around the world for several years on Nov. 5. On Wednesday the group staged protests in Philadelphia, Ferguson, Mo., and Brussels in Germany.

Graffiti at the state Capitol on Thursday (credit: Denver Police)

(credit: Denver Police)

Now the Department of Personnel and the Capitol Complex staff, our mission is to get this cleaned up quickly and appropriately as possible, Doug Platt, communications manager of the Department of Personnel and Information, said Thursday morning.

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Vandals Possibly From Hacktivist Group Anonymous Tag Colorado Capitol