The office of a conservative political organization that lobbies against abortion rights was vandalized and damaged by fire on Sunday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, in what police are investigating as arson.
The fire and vandalism happened at the office of Wisconsin Family Action, CNN affiliate WISC reported. WFA is a political action committee that lobbies against abortion rights and same-sex marriage, according to its website.Emergency dispatchers received a call from a passerby who saw fire coming from an office building on Sunday morning, Madison Police communications supervisor Keith Johnson told CNN. Madison Fire Department firefighters were called to the building at about 6 a.m.
Appling said she was told a couple of what she describes as Molotov cocktails had been thrown through several windows in the space, which started a small fire.Graffiti was found spray-painted on the outside of the building, where WFA leases space, she said."The irony of this happening on Mother's Day is very poignant," Appling said.WFA received no indication of any specific threat leading up to Sunday morning's incident, she said.
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