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Police car in Michigan targeted by a IID

Type of event:
IID - Improvised Incendiary Device

Victims

Wounded

Date

September 18, 2022

What happened

A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety vehicle was damaged after being hit by a homemade incendiary device, in Michigan (USA). The patrol car suffered minor fire damage before bystanders put the flames out using fire extinguishers, police said. No injuries or fatalities were caused. The man, who was seen by witnesses throwing a suspected “Molotov cocktail” at the unoccupied patrol vehicle, was arrested and taken away to jail. 

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