FBI probing arson attack on UCLA researcher's car

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Source: LA Times

The FBI is looking into an arson attack on a vehicle owned by a UCLA neuroscientist who was targeted by an anti-animal-research group for using primates in his study of psychiatric disorders.

Saturday's incident involving a homemade incendiary device took place outside the faculty member’s home and caused no injuries, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller.

The UCLA professor, who researches treatments for schizophrenia, drug addiction and other disorders, was not identified.

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The loosely organized animal rights group Animal Liberation Front posted a message on its website Monday from a group that claimed responsibility for the attack.

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