Attack on Republican Party office labelled ‘political terrorism’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Authorities are investigating after a local Republican Party office in North Carolina was set on fire in what a state party official called an act of &&num;8220&semi;political terrorism&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown through the window of the Orange County Republican Party headquarters overnight&comma; according to a news release from the town of Hillsborough&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The flammable substance that was thrown into the office ignited and damaged the interior before burning out&period; No-one was injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to the fire&comma; the news release said an adjacent building was spray-painted with the words&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Nazi Republicans leave town or else&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another business owner discovered the damage on Sunday morning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Bureau of Alcohol&comma; Tobacco&comma; Firearms and Explosives is working with local investigators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>State party executive director Dallas Woodhouse said people sometimes work after-hours and he felt lucky no-one was there at the time&period; He said the bottle appeared to have landed on or near the settee where volunteers sometimes take naps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They are working around the clock&period; It is a miracle that nobody was killed&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said in an interview&comma; calling the fire an act of &&num;8220&semi;political terrorism&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said Republican offices around the state were re-examining their security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Sunday afternoon&comma; the walls of the multi-room office were covered in black char&comma; and a settee against one wall had been burned down to its springs&period; Shattered glass covered the floor&comma; and melted campaign signs showed warped lettering&period; The graffiti had been covered in paint&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The violent act in the key battleground state was condemned by public figures across the political spectrum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;96269" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-96269" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;image-163&period;jpeg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;image-163&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Hillary Clinton&comma; Democratic nominee" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"333" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-96269" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-96269" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Hillary Clinton&comma; Democratic nominee<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Hillary Clinton&comma; the Democratic nominee for president&comma; said on Twitter that the attack &&num;8220&semi;is horrific and unacceptable&period; Very grateful that everyone is safe&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Republican nominee Donald Trump blamed the act on Democrats in a tweet and he also encouraged local Republicans&comma; saying&colon; &&num;8220&semi;With you all the way&comma; will never forget&period; Now we have to win&period; Proud of you all&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a news conference&comma; Mr Woodhouse urged Republicans to respond peacefully by turning out to vote in November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said he had received messages of support from Democrats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Orange County party chairman Daniel Ashley told reporters no-one had previously made violent threats against the office several miles from the town&&num;8217&semi;s historic square&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tom Stevens&comma; mayor of the town about 40 miles north west of Raleigh&comma; said it was fortunate the fire did not burn the office and other adjacent buildings that are decades old to the ground&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Stevens&comma; a Democrat&comma; said the act does not represent the character of Orange County&comma; which also includes much of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina campus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 3-1 margin in the county that picked President Barack Obama by a lopsided margin in the 2012 election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;d like to believe we aspire to respect hearing differing views&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Stevens said in an interview&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This is very troubling&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e5395a0c">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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