A Worcester, Massachusetts, city councilor says her home was targeted by vandals Friday and she believes it was politically motivated. Etel Haxhiaj, who currently represents District 5 and is running for reelection, said she was having dinner with her family Friday night when someone hit the house with a baseball bat, apparently trying to break the window. She says when…
A Worcester, Massachusetts, city councilor says her home was targeted by vandals Friday and she believes it was politically motivated.
Etel Haxhiaj, who currently represents District 5 and is running for reelection, said she was having dinner with her family Friday night when someone hit the house with a baseball bat, apparently trying to break the window. She says when they went outside, they found political signs strews across the lawn.
"This political targeting is ugly. The harassment I’ve been facing for over 4 years now is a reminder of what some of us are facing for our values, ideas & work," she wrote on X, the platform formally known as Twitter.Get New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox."I want to make it unequivocally clear that violence against any individual, including current city councilors running for office, has no place in our democratic process.
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