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LA arson suspect cursed US day before fires

Had fit of rage at court hearing for his mother

By Bradley Klapper and Michael R. Blood

 |  Associated Press  

  January 04, 2012

Harry Burkhart watched as his mother was arrested last week on fraud charges from their native Germany, and a day later he exploded in an expletive-laced rant against the U.S. at her court hearing. The next day, police say, the 24-year-old began a nighttime rampage of arson attacks that terrorized Los Angeles.

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