A pre-school's website has been hacked by a group claiming to be the "voice of Palestine".

Trinity Pre-School, in Vinters Park, Maidstone, was today discovered to have been targeted by online hackers.

In the message which could be seen on the homepage, the group AnonGhost says: "We are always here to punish you.

"Because we are the voice of Palestine and we will not remain silent. We are the sound of the forgotten people, the freedom fighter in the cyberworld and our main target is Zionisme and Israhell."

The message, which has now been removed, added: "If you are asking why your website got hacked by us, it's basically because we want to share our message and show the world who we are.

"We are not looking for fame but we have a goal to achieve we support all hackers teams and we support all the freedom movement in the world."

"We are the voice of Palestine and we will not remain silent" - the hackers' message

The post included disturbing images and the traditional call to prayer.

The pre-school is based at East Borough School in Vinters Road.

It was last inspected by Ofsted in 2013 and was judged to be outstanding.

The facility has been running for more than 30 years and had almost 70 children on its roll aged between two and five when the inspection was carried out.

Kent County Council is investigating the issue.

It comes just months after Chatham Town FC was targeted by hackers, referring to the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

Supporters the club visiting the site in January were greeted with the message: 'Where is the security? and 'I am not Charlie'.

And in September last year Sevenoaks Town Council's website was disabled amid claims it was attacked by Jihadists.