A flaming bottle was thrown into a Staten Island church early Thursday morning in an apparent attempt to set the building on fire, police say, the second time in a week that a church in the Stapleton neighborhood has been targeted.
Minister Dale Smith at the First Central Baptist Church says someone threw a Molotov cocktail from outside the church, and he believes the person intended to smash through a side window and set the building on fire.
But it appeared the flaming bottle bounced off the window and landed on an awning a few feet away, incinerating it.
"This could have been a lot worse," said Smith. "We are very, very blessed that it was not."
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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Staten-Island-Fire-Bombing-Attempt-Second-Attack-Week-382438241.html
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