Molotov Cocktail Thrown Into Burger King Drive-Thru Window In Chicago

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Molotov Cocktail Thrown Into Burger King Drive-Thru Window In Chicago

First Posted: 04/18/11 05:40 PM ET Updated: 04/18/11 07:19 PM ET



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/molotov-cocktail-burger-king_n_850750.html

A West Humboldt Park man is charged with attempted arson and witness harassment after apparently throwing a lit Molotov cocktail into the drive-thru window of a neighborhood Burger King over the weekend.

Police say that 31-year-old Michael Tucker ran up to the window on Saturday and tossed the lit explosive inside. He then allegedly followed a 52-year-old witness home, telling her, "I told you to get back in your car and drive away," the Chicago Tribune reports.

No information was available as to what prompted the attack. Burger King staff told the Chicago Sun-Times that no one was injured during the attempted bombing, and that damage was minimal; it's also unclear whether the device actually detonated.

A Molotov cocktail is a simple gasoline bomb made by filling a glass container with gas, affixing a gas-soaked rag or other wick to the end, and lighting the wick.

[jpak]

1. WTF?

:wow:

[spanone]

2. sounds like mr tucker is seriously deranged

[Vincardog]

3. filling a glass container with gas, affixing a gas-soaked rag or other wick to the end, and lighting

the wick THEN BREAKING the container. Tucker did not read the complete instructions.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

4. By the time this gets over to FR I'm sure his name will be

Ali Michael bin Tucker.

[Paradoxical]

5. A molotov cocktail does not detonate. It has to be thrown so the bottle breaks.

Ask me how I know.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Nice of the paper to print the instructions for making one.

Just in case some reader out there has no clue what they are.