Firebomb on Staten Island? June 6, 2016 News New York police officers are investigating attempted arson at St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Staten Island, said a report on silive.com. First responders arrived around 2:20 p.m. after a crude firebomb was thrown at the church. The report said the NYPD’s hate crimes unit is investigating. From silive.com: Police say an unidentified individual intentionally chucked the incendiary device through the front window, resulting in a small fire inside the church. NYPD officials on scene said the church was “fire-bombed” with a device representative of a Molotov cocktail. Nobody was injured during the fire and the church sustained only minor damage, the spokeswoman said. No arrests have been made and the investigation is on-going, she added. Part of the Diocese of New York, St. Paul’s is based in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. Contact | Covenant | Facebook | RSS | Subscribe | Twitter
