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Osnabrück (dpa / lni) - The Osnabrück police are looking for a stranger who set the sleeping bags and blankets of a homeless person on fire in the city center.

No one was injured, said a police spokesman on Thursday.

The owner of the belongings was not present.

The small fire also damaged the facade and a side entrance of an empty department store building.

Police put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.

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