Early Wednesday morning an outside camera caught a man throwing a rock through the front door of the Travis County Democratic Party office on East 6th Street.

“Comes back up with what appears to be an incendiary device and places it inside the building and then the fire starts to ignite,” said Austin arson investigator Captain Brandon Jennings.

Jennings says the Molotov cocktail could have easily done more damage if it hadn't just been set down inside the door.

“The use of an incendiary device like this is typically to throw it at something. Once you light it and the liquid comes out and catches on fire, the fire spreads upward and outward and does more damage,” said Jennings.

Building damage was also minimized because people at the bar across the street spotted the first flames and put them out with a fire extinguisher.

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/afd-investigating-possible-arson-at-travis-co-democratic-office

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      straight-laced dork wasp

      Second only to the Asian giant hornet in nastiness...

      Asian giant hornet

      The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), including the color form referred to as the Japanese giant hornet, is the world's largest hornet. It is native to temperate and tropical East Asia, South Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, and parts of the Russian Far East. It was also found in the Pacific Northwest of North America in late 2019 with a few more additional sightings in 2020, and nests found in 2021, prompting concern that it could become an invasive species.

      [...]

      The hornet has a body length of 45 millimetres ( 1+3/4 inches), a wingspan around 75 mm (3 in), and a stinger 6 mm (1⁄4 in) long, which injects a large amount of potent venom.

      Although the scientific literature and official government sources continue to refer to this species by its established common name, the mainstream media have taken to using the nickname "murder hornet".