SALFIT (Ma'an) -- A mosque was set on fire on Wednesday by settlers in the West Bank village of Bruqin, near Salfit, local officials said.
The governor of Salfit Isam Abu Bakr told Ma'an that at 2.00 a.m. a number of settlers sprayed racist anti-Arab slogans on the mosque walls and torched a car belonging to local resident Muatasim Samarah.
Abu Bakr said that the attack came "after Israeli forces issued demolition warrants against the mosque claiming it was built without a license."
Mayor of Bruqin village Accra Samara said a flaming tire was thrown into the entrance of the mosque, and that assailants scrawled the words, "Hero of Ariel," The Associated Press reported.
Ariel is a nearby Jewish only settlement which cuts deep into the West Bank.
A bulldozer belonging to local villager Ali Nael was also set on fire by settlers, locals said. more
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