Donald Trump accuses Hillary Clinton supporters of firebombing Republican offices and spray painting ‘Nazis’ on the building
Graffiti telling 'Nazi Republicans' to leave town was also found scrawled on a nearby building
DONALD Trump has blamed "animals representing Hillary Clinton" for a firebomb attack on a Republican party office in North Carolina.
Police are investigating the attack as GOP party leaders said it was a miracle no one was killed in the blaze.
The message "Nazi Republicans leave town or else" was also found sprayed on a nearby building.
No one was hurt in the arson attack overnight on the Orange County Republican Party headquarters in Hillsborough, the town said in a statement.
The executive director of the state's Republican Party called the attack "political terrorism".
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"The office itself is a total loss," Dallas Woodhouse told The Charlotte Observer. "The only thing important to us is that nobody was killed, and they very well could have been."
Photographs posted by the state party showed the office's charred walls and furniture, with colourful lawn signs for candidates appearing melted and warped.
Donald Trump tweeted: "Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning."
The perpetrators threw flammable material in a bottle through the office's front window, and spray-painted the words "Nazi Republicans leave town or else" on a business next door, the town said.
The damage was reported by another business owner Sunday morning.
Clinton, the Democratic nominee, took to Twitter to denounce the incident as "horrific and unacceptable," adding she was "very grateful that everyone is safe".
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