A Republican party headquarters in North
Carolina was firebombed and an adjacent building was vandalized with the
words: 'Nazi Republicans leave town or else.'
One state GOP official called the attack in Hillsborough, Orange County an act of 'political terrorism', the Charlotte Observer reported.
A
bottle, filled with flammable substance, was thrown into a window
during the night, setting off a fire that scorched the interior of the
building before the blaze burned itself out, police said.
Photos
from the interior showed damaged yard signs bearing the names of Donald
Trump and Mike Pence, along with other politicians.
With three weeks left until election day, Mayor Tom Stevens acknowledged the significance of the attack, saying: 'This highly disturbing act goes far beyond vandalizing property.
'It
willfully threatens our community’s safety, and its hateful message
undermines decency, respect and integrity in civic participation.'
A Republican party headquarters in
Hillsborough, North Carolina was firebombed and vandalized with the
words: 'Nazi Republicans leave town or else' (pictured)
A bottle, filled with flammable
substance, was thrown into a window, setting off a fire that scorched
the interior of the building before the blaze burned itself out
Mayor Tom Stevens said: ' This highly
disturbing act goes far beyond vandalizing property...its hateful
message undermines decency, respect and integrity in civic
participation'
The GOP
headquarters is located in the strip mall Shops at Daniel Boone, with
the graffiti left outside Balloons Above Orange a few doors down.
The
owner of the balloon shop, Bennie Sparrow, was on her way to church
this morning when she saw the 'hateful' message scrawled along the side
of her business.
While she has 'no
idea' who could be behind the attack, she believes her shop was targeted
because it is a 'good billboard to aim towards the Republicans'.
She
told the Dailymail.com: 'I'm not afraid to go into work tomorrow but I
don't feel quite as secure as I did before. This is the world we live
in.'
Police
have not been able to estimate the total value of the damages, but
executive director of the state's GOP, Dallas Woodhouse, said the office
was 'a total loss'.
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