Racist graffiti spray painted on car set on fire in northeast Calgary

The Calgary police hate crime unit is investigating after a car was spray painted with racist graffiti and set on fire in the city's northeast early Tuesday.

Officer were patrolling the 5000 block of 22nd Avenue N.E. about 3:30 a.m. when they saw smoke and flames pouring from a parked car.

Fire crews were called and,once the 2008 BMW328ihad been doused,officers saw the words "white power"spray painted on the hood along with a swastikaon the driver's door and the numbers "666"on the passenger side.

Investigators are seeking a motive. The identity of the owner of the car has not being released.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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