Molotov cocktail thrown into Ogden, Utah, church
May 7, 2013, 4:09 PM | Updated: 4:09 pm
OGDEN, Utah (AP) – Federal officials in Utah are investigating after a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of a church in Ogden.
The Deseret News reports (
http://bit.ly/13ZQPQK) the device was thrown into a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometime Sunday night.
Ogden Fire Department Deputy Chief Eric Bauman says the remains of the failed weapon were found Monday by a maintenance worker. Bauman says it caused about $1,000 in damage to the kitchen of the church.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are getting involved because the target was a church. The Ogden City Fire Marshal also is investigating.
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