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FBI hunts Colorado man in connection with explosion near NAACP office

Blast happened outside a barber shop next door to the Colorado Springs chapter of the civil rights organisation
The NAACP is America’s oldest civil rights organisation. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Authorities are looking for a man who may have information about a homemade explosive that someone set off near the Colorado Springs chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The blast happened Tuesday outside a barber shop that’s next door to the group’s office, which is about an hour south of Denver. There were no injuries and only minor damage, police said.
An improvised explosive device was detonated against the building, but it was too soon to know whether the nation’s oldest civil rights organisation was the target,FBI spokeswoman Amy Sanders said. The agency sent members of its Joint Terrorism Task Force to help investigate.
Sanders said investigators were looking for a balding white man in his 40s who may be driving a dirty pickup truck. It could have an open tailgate or a missing or covered license plate.
Investigators Tuesday were examining a red gasoline canister with a yellow nozzle that had been placed next to the explosive device but did not ignite. They also checked pieces of duct tape and metal lying 40 to 50 feet away from the explosion site.
Residents living nearby said they heard a single, loud “boom” but saw no fire. One neighbour, Gregory Alan Johnson, said he was unaware of prior problems near the NAACP’s office. The organisation shares the building with the barber shop, whose customers are predominantly black.
Chapter President Henry Allen Jr told The Colorado Springs Gazette the blast was strong enough to knock items off the walls. He said he was hesitant to call the explosion a hate crime without more information but said the organisation will move on.
“This won’t deter us from doing the job we want to do in the community,” Allen said.
The organisation’s national office issued a statement saying it was looking forward to a full and thorough investigation.
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