Cars hit by firebombs

Cars hit by firebombs

By DAVENE JEFFREY Staff Reporter
The Chronicle Herald [Halifax, Nova Scotia]
Fri. Oct 12, 2007

At least a couple of cars at Sackville Fine Cars were looking less than fine Thursday morning after the business was hit by a number of Molotov cocktails.

The incident happened in the very early morning Thursday at 476 Sackville Dr., but RCMP are releasing few details.

“We got it all on tape,” said an employee, who asked not to have his name printed. Security cameras cover the entire lot and captured images of a masked man throwing the flaming bottles around the establishment.

Late Thursday morning, RCMP officers and a Halifax Regional Fire Service investigator were on scene. Part of the parking lot was cordoned off by yellow police tape.

Two firebombs hit the back of two buildings causing some black scorching and melted some vinyl siding on one of the buildings.

What appeared to be a broken and blackened beer bottle with some type of fabric hanging out of the neck could be seen on the pavement between two parked cars.

The side of each car had black scorch marks but no obvious other damage.

Despite the on-going investigation, the used-car lot remained open for business Thursday.