An unofficial banner using the word "Allah" outside a Catholic church was enough to prompt the throwing of Molotov Cocktails in the Malaysian western state of Penang, according to local police.
The 228-year-old Church of the Assumption on the Lebuh Farquhar thoroughfare in George Town, was attacked with two glass bottles of flaming petrol at 1.30am local time on Tuesday. Anthony Dass Sinapan, the 71-year-old church guard volunteer, caught sight of a fire near a shrine to St Mary that sits at the church's front.
Based on the description of events from the Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police in Penang, Datuk Abdul Rahim, the church was extremely fortunate. Speaking in the Malaysian Insider, he said: "Only one [Molotov cocktail] exploded as the other one fell on the grass" and that "initial investigations showed that two men on a motorcycle committed the crime". Keep reading
The links to the article about Molotov Cocktails were not a part of the original article. I added them for those readers who may be unfamiliar with this particular kind of improvised incendiary device.Photo: Indymedia
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