NYPD vehicles torched in suspected arson attack in Brooklyn
Police and FDNY responded to a report of multiple vehicles ablaze at a lot in Bushwick at the intersection of Central and Dekalb Avenues — just a block from the 83rd precinct station — around 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
3 Officials at the scene of the arson.
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3 NYPD vehicles were burned in Brooklyn.
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Six unmarked vehicles and two unmarked vehicles were damaged, cops and sources said. No injuries were reported.
Police did not immediately give a suspected motive for the attack.
3 A torched police vehicle in Brooklyn.
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However, it comes as anti-ICE protesters have started running wild in the city, with some brazenly admitting they would set fire to police cars, similar to disturbing scenes in the riots in Los Angeles.
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