An alleged arsonist, driving a pickup truck, set fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic in central Illinois, police say, just days after the state enacted new laws protecting abortion rights.
clinic in central Illinois, police said Tuesday, just days after the state enacted new laws protecting abortion rights.
The attacker used a"fire accelerant" at about 11:31 p.m. CT on Sunday in the 2700 block of North Knoxville Avenue, Planned Parenthood andThe Peoria Fire Department extinguished flames that were"contained to one room" as one"firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries," police said in a statement.No one was inside the building during the attack.
The arsonist"threw a fire accelerant through a window, causing a fire in the building," Illinois Planned Parenthood CEO Jennifer Welch said in a statement. "Senseless acts of vandalism have been on the rise across the country and Illinois has become a target as extreme and divisive rhetoric increases," Welch added.
The"preliminary cause of the fire was arson," said police, who also released pictures of the suspect's pickup truck.
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