Teens escape injury when Molotov cocktail thrown through Minneapolis window

No arrests have been made, police say.

April 18, 2017 at 10:09PM

Two teenagers escaped injury early Tuesday morning when someone hurled a Molotov cocktail through the front window of their Minneapolis home, starting a fire.

The incident occurred just before midnight at the home in the 3600 block of Longfellow Avenue in the Corcoran neighborhood. According to a police report, a woman said he teenage boys, ages 15 and 17, were home during the incident and were able to put the fire out.

Police spokesman officer Corey Schmidt said no arrests have been made.

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