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Germany Probes Suspected Arson Attack on Ukrainian Refugee Shelter
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0:21Now PlayingA fire that destroyed a shelter for Ukrainian refugees on Germany's Baltic coast could have been arson, authorities suggested Thursday, warning that any kind of violence toward people fleeing war would not be tolerated.
The 14 residents and three employees who lived in the shelter were rescued from the flames when the former hotel in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Pomerania burned down Wednesday night, local police said.
Nobody was injured, and the refugees were taken to other shelters, according to authorities.
Among the refugees who had to be evacuated were two children, two teenagers and an elderly woman.
The police unit that looks into politically motivated offences in the nearby city of Rostock took over the investigation of the blaze in the town of Gross Stroemkendorf from local police, who had started looking into arson as the cause, German news agency dpa reported.
While the cause of the fire was still under investigation, it appeared to have started on one of the outside walls of the building, dpa reported.
On Monday, police received a report of graffiti depicting a Nazi swastika in the entrance area of the shelter.
Whether the graffiti was connected to the fire is not yet known, police said.
More than 1 million refugees from Ukraine, most of them women and children, went to Germany seeking protection since Russia invaded their country almost eight months ago.
The refugees initially were welcomed with warmth, and many German families opened their homes to shelter them.
However, a vocal minority has expressed hostility toward them and other foreigners arriving in the country.
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