Austrian asylum centre hit by Molotov cocktail

November 27, 2016 Article
Presidential election campaign posters of far right Freedom Party (FPOe) presidential candidate Norbert Hofer and Alexander Van der Bellen, who is supported by the Greens, are pictured in Vienna, Austria, November 8, 2016. Posters read "for Austria, with heart and soul. So help me God", "only together we are Austria". REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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Unidentified attackers threw a Molotov cocktail against the wall of a refugee centre near Vienna, Austrian newswire APA reported on Sunday.

A police spokesman told APA a beer bottle filled with a flammable liquid was ignited and thrown, leaving scorch marks on the wall. Nobody was injured. The incident was being investigated by regional police and authorities in charge of handling suspected hate crimes.

Austria votes again next Sunday in a presidential election between independent Alexander Van der Bellen and far-right candidate c, who has capitalised on worries about immigration.

Van der Bellen beat Hofer narrowly in a now-annulled run-off vote in May, but nearly one-sixth of prospective voters in August said they could switch sides in the upcoming vote.

Earlier this year, attackers set fire to a new, unoccupied refugee centre in Altenfelden near Austria’s borders with the Czech Republic and Germany.

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Categories: Alexander Van der Bellen, arson, Austria, Far Right groups, News, Norbert Hofer, refugees

Austrian asylum centre hit by Molotov cocktail

November 27, 2016 Article
Presidential election campaign posters of far right Freedom Party (FPOe) presidential candidate Norbert Hofer and Alexander Van der Bellen, who is supported by the Greens, are pictured in Vienna, Austria, November 8, 2016. Posters read "for Austria, with heart and soul. So help me God", "only together we are Austria". REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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Unidentified attackers threw a Molotov cocktail against the wall of a refugee centre near Vienna, Austrian newswire APA reported on Sunday.

A police spokesman told APA a beer bottle filled with a flammable liquid was ignited and thrown, leaving scorch marks on the wall. Nobody was injured. The incident was being investigated by regional police and authorities in charge of handling suspected hate crimes.

Austria votes again next Sunday in a presidential election between independent Alexander Van der Bellen and far-right candidate c, who has capitalised on worries about immigration.

Van der Bellen beat Hofer narrowly in a now-annulled run-off vote in May, but nearly one-sixth of prospective voters in August said they could switch sides in the upcoming vote.

Earlier this year, attackers set fire to a new, unoccupied refugee centre in Altenfelden near Austria’s borders with the Czech Republic and Germany.

The post Austrian asylum centre hit by Molotov cocktail appeared first on TELL MAMA.

Categories: Alexander Van der Bellen, arson, Austria, Austrian Asylum centre, Far Right groups, News, Norbert Hofer, refugees