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The Latest: FBI says white car seen at anti-abortion office

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on an arson investigation at an anti-abortion organization in Albuquerque (all times local): 7:27 p.m. The FBI has released images showing a white car seen near the Project Defending Life office that was set on fire. The driver is seen exiting the car and returning several minutes later. The FBI says the person is not a suspect but rather could be a witness. Project Defending Life is a Catholic-based ministry that opposes abortion and aims to support women in "unplanned and crisis pregnancies" in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and elsewhere in northern New Mexico. Authorities are investigating after the office was broken into and set fire to. The office and a chapel were damaged, but nobody was hurt. ---- 2:30 p.m. A director of an anti-abortion organization that authorities believe was the target of arson says the fire under investigation destroyed a chapel inside the group's Albuquerque office. Dominique Davis, director of client services for Project Defending Life, says authorities have indicated there was a break-in and fire at the organization's office around midnight Wednedsay. The FBI says it's seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect in the case. The foyer of the one-story building was also damaged. Project Defending Life describes itself on its website as a Catholic-based ministry that aims to support women in "unplanned and crisis pregnancies" in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and elsewhere in northern New Mexico. It is located across the street from a Planned Parenthood clinic. ___ 1 p.m. The FBI says it's assisting in investigating several fires that caused damage at an anti-abortion organization in Albuquerque. FBI spokesman Frank Fisher says the agency is seeking the public's help in identifying the person who set several fires at Project Defending Life, an organization that describes itself as a Catholic-based ministry that aims to support women in "unplanned and crisis pregnancies" in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and elsewhere in northern New Mexico. Fisher says the fire damaged an office and a chapel inside the building on Wednesday morning. The Albuquerque Fire Department put out the fire. There were no reported injuries.