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MESSAGE OF HATE: Two E. Providence Buildings Defaced with Swastikas, Set on Fire

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Story Created: Sep 29, 2009 at 5:56 PM EDT

Story Updated: Sep 29, 2009 at 11:46 PM EDT

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Fire investigators are seeking the public's help in identifying an arsonist who lit ablaze two East Providence buildings, including a home where a mother and her three children live, and defaced them with swastikas.

The first swastikas were found last Wednesday on a building that fire officials believe was deliberately set on fire.

Firefighters responded to a second blaze early Sunday morning at a home in the Rumford section of East Providence. Authorities found spray-painted swastikas and a racial slur against a mixed-race family that lives in the house. The home suffered serious damage, but a mother and her three children are OK.

Investigators are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Wednesday, Sep 30 at 2:47 PM Frank wrote ...

when will we grow up no need for this anymore this is thanks to parents and elderly who hate and pass it on to the children.

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Wednesday, Sep 30 at 11:42 AM Anonymous wrote ...

it would be nice if the cops gave us the location of both fires.that way we can be watching for anything that does not look right

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Wednesday, Sep 30 at 10:33 AM Paula Butler wrote ...

If they ever catch the people responsible for this hate crime. I hope they throw the book at them good, weither they are adults or juviniles it does not matter. After all this country has gone through we should not have to worry about some one spray painting our homes or defacing them with racial slurs. And if this crime was committed by an adult. WELL SHAME ON YOU.

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Wednesday, Sep 30 at 8:12 AM anyone wrote ...

Who would have thought we lived in a day where something so hanus would take place! What a shame....

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