Members of the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents had their homes vandalized Wednesday in protest of the University’s sale of UMore Park for the development of a hypersonic missile test facility with engineering company North Wind.

Unidentified vandals targeted several board members across the state, leaving spray-painted messages on walkways saying, “NO MISSILES”.

While members of activist group UWar Park, made up of Educators for Justice in Palestine, Students for a Democratic Society and the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, say they are aware of the vandalism, they deny any involvement. Members say they have been in contact with affected regents and spoken with them about the vandals’ actions.

According to UWar Park, regents told them that along with the spray-painted messages, they were left letters urging them to vote against the University’s budget proposal for the site. Letters claimed the development of the testing site could damage public health and local wildlife, as well as further the University’s investments in engineering and defense companies that profit from war efforts.

At the Board of Regents meeting Thursday, University president Rebecca Cunnigham said the University condemns the vandalism and any acts of violence.

“Together, we must ensure free expression and protest do not jeopardize others’ sense of safety, well-being and their rights,” Cunningham said. “There is absolutely no place for threatening behavior or destruction of property within our community. These actions endanger safety, erode the fabric of our University community, and undermine the legitimacy of important causes that our students, faculty and staff care so deeply about.”