Burned GOP office in Orange County re-opens nearby

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) – A local North Carolina Republican Party office building burned when authorities say a flammable device was thrown through a window has re-opened in a new location just days before Election Day.

Republican Party leaders held an open house Wednesday at the Orange County GOP office in Hillsborough. The location is a few hundred yards away from the location that investigators say was firebombed a couple of weekends ago.

No one was hurt and no arrests have been made. Leaders in both major political parties condemned the attack as a threat to democracy.

The state GOP also announced that it would match Gov. Pat McCrory’s $5,000 state reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the firebombing.

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