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Hate crime probe after fire attack

A 20-YEAR-OLD black woman has told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car.

Officers in Winnsboro, Louisiana found Sharmeka Moffitt with burns on more than half of her body on Sunday.

The FBI is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, but no arrests have yet been made.

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Automotive

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