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Arson Bid Hits Campaign HQ of France's Le Pen
« on: April 13, 2017, 01:19:11 pm »
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Arson Bid Hits Campaign HQ of France's Le Pen
by Naharnet Newsdesk

A building housing French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's campaign headquarters was hit by a arson attempt on Thursday, firefighters and police said, with only minor damage caused.

Firefighters were called around 2:40 am (0040 GMT) to the ground floor offices of an insurance company on the upmarket Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore in central Paris.

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A group calling itself "Fight Xenophobia" contacted AFP to claim the attack, which it said was carried out with "Molotov cocktails".

Continued: http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/228403-arson-bid-hits-campaign-hq-of-france-s-le-pen