A TURKISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION'S CENTER IN THE GERMAN CITY OF DORTMUND WAS DAMAGED IN AN ARSON ATTACK EARLY MONDAY, POLICE SAID, BUT NO ONE WAS INJURED. POLICE SAID THEY HAD NO IMMEDIATE INFORMATION ON A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT ABOUT 1:20 A.M. MONDAY (2320 GMT SUNDAY). TWO YOUNG MEN WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE BROKEN A WINDOW OF THE BUILDING WITH A PAVING STONE BEFORE THROWING IN TWO MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, AUTHORITIES SAID. NO ARRESTS HAD BEEN MADE. FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED THE BLAZE, WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE VALUED AT ¤10,000 (US$12,000), AUTHORITIES WERE QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. A TURKISH CULTURAL CENTER IN NEARBY COLOGNE WAS ATTACKED IN EARLY APRIL IN AN INCIDENT THAT POLICE SAID MAY HAVE BEEN LINKED TO POLITICAL TENSIONS IN TURKEY.
