Arsonists have allegedly struck a parking lot full of RCMP vehicles in the same region of interior B.C. that has previously seen coordinated attacks on targets related to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
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Before dawn on Wednesday, multiple cars were set alight in the parking lot of the Sunshine Inn in Smithers, B.C. After firefighters extinguished the blaze, it was found to have destroyed eight vehicles, including four marked RCMP cruisers and a B.C. ambulance.
“This appears to be a targeted attack on emergency services vehicles. Preliminary investigation indicates this is an arson,” read a statement by RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Madonna Saunderson.
The RCMP has identified no immediate suspects, but the hotel happens to be within an hour’s drive of a Coastal GasLink work camp that has been the subject of numerous illegal blockades and — most recently — a violent midnight attack.
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