BAUTZEN, Germany, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Crowds of onlookers cheered as the roof of a German hotel being converted into a migrant shelter went up in flames early Sunday.
Police are treating the fire in eastern Saxony as an arson. No one was injured in the blaze, but the Guardian quoted police as saying a crowd of locals that had gathered at the scene "reacted to the arson with derogatory comments and undisguised joy," and some reportedly tried to prevent firefighters from dousing the flames.