Woman 'Set Herself On Fire In Staged KKK Attack

A woman who told police she had been subjected to a racist
attack in which three men set her alight and scrawled KKK on
her car was lying, according to US investigators.
"The wounds were self-inflicted," said Kyle Hanrahan, a
spokesman for the FBI's Louisiana bureau.
Sharmeka Moffitt, 20, was seriously burned in the fire and
remains in a critical condition.
She called police from a park in the town of Winnsboro on
Sunday night and told them three men in white hoodies had
doused her with a flammable liquid and ignited it.
The letters KKK, for the white supremacist organisation Ku
Klux Klan, and a racial slur were scrawled on her car in what
appeared to be toothpaste.
According to local media, investigators decided the burns
were self-inflicted after finding Ms Moffitt's fingerprints on a
cigarette lighter and lighter fluid.
Louisiana's KATC News reported her family had issued a
statement saying: "Our family is devastated to learn the
circumstances surrounding our daughter's injuries.
"While this was not the resolution we had expected, it is a
resolution, and we appreciate the thorough investigation by
the local and state police as well as federal agencies.
"We are sincerely sorry for any problems this may have
caused and wish to express our appreciation for the
outpouring of love, prayers and support we have received
from friends, acquaintances, church organisations and
government officials."
The FBI was called in to assist local authorities because the
apparent attack was initially considered a possible hate crime.