New Mexico 民主党員s' homes, offices 発射 at over past month

By Andrew Hay

Jan 6 (Reuters) - New Mexico police are 調査/捜査するing 発射s 解雇する/砲火/射撃d at an office of the 明言する/公表する's 弁護士/代理人/検事 general last month in 関係 with attacks on 住居s and the 商売/仕事 of four other Democratic 公式の/役人s that have raised 関心s of political 暴力/激しさ.

多重の 発射s were 報告(する)/憶測d on Dec. 10 at the former (選挙などの)運動をする (警察,軍隊などの)本部 of now 明言する/公表する 司法長官 Raul Torrez, によれば a 声明 by Albuquerque police late on Thursday.

The string of attacks began in 早期に December, いっそう少なく than a month after midterm 選挙s in which 民主党員s swept all New Mexico U.S. House seats and held 支配(する)/統制する of the 明言する/公表する 立法機関 in a polarized political 気候.

"We are worried and 関心d these are connected and かもしれない 政治上 動機づけるd," Albuquerque 市長 Tim Keller, a 民主党員, told a 圧力(をかける) 会議/協議会, 追加するing that the 政治家,政治屋s may have been "的d."

The 出来事/事件s began on Dec. 4 when eight 発射s were 解雇する/砲火/射撃d through the 前線 door of Bernalillo 郡 Commissioner Adriann Barboa's home in southeast Albuquerque, police said.

A day after 砲火 攻撃する,衝突する Torrez's office, over a dozen 発射s were 解雇する/砲火/射撃d at then-Bernalillo 郡 Commissioner Debbie O´Malley's Albuquerque home on Dec. 11, police said.

On Tuesday night, 多重の 発射s were 解雇する/砲火/射撃d at the 南西 Albuquerque home of 明言する/公表する 上院議員 Linda Lopez.

"It's scary for me and my children," Lopez told 地元の CBS (v)提携させる(n)支部,加入者 television 駅/配置する KRQE, 追加するing that three 弾丸s went through her 10-year-old daughter´s room.

On Thursday, the downtown 法律 office of 明言する/公表する 上院議員 Moe Maestas was struck, police said.

"They are all members of the Democratic Party that we know, so there's always that 関係," Albuquerque Police 長,指導者 Harold Medina told the 圧力(をかける) 会議/協議会.

The 砲火 follows an October attack at then-U.S. House (衆議院の)議長 Nancy Pelosi's home that 専門家s said may have been an example of いわゆる stochastic テロ行為 in which individuals are 奮起させるd to 暴力/激しさ by hate speech. (報告(する)/憶測ing By Andrew Hay in Taos, New Mexico; Editing by Josie Kao)

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