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Kennedy planted firebombs in three hotels and—on a drunken whim after stopping at a bar—tossed one into P.T. Barnum’s American Museum.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Instead, Kennedy—carrying false papers that identified him as Mr. Stanton of Toronto—and seven other Confederates plotted to simultaneously ignite a large number of firebombs in businesses and hotels across New York, destroying the Northern economy and boosting Southern morale.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
The Austin Police Department released video and audio from its hourslong SWAT standoff last month, during which police said a man took a hostage at a Texaco gas station in Southeast Austin, shot at officers and made a Molotov cocktail firebomb before ultimately being killed by police.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2024
On Friday night, a firebomb was thrown at the Hindu Goddess at a temple in Dhaka’s Tantibazar area, creating panic among the devotees who thronged the temple.
—Julhas Alam and Al Emrun Garjon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Instead, Kennedy—carrying false papers that identified him as Mr. Stanton of Toronto—and seven other Confederates plotted to simultaneously ignite a large number of firebombs in businesses and hotels across New York, destroying the Northern economy and boosting Southern morale.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
The Austin Police Department released video and audio from its hourslong SWAT standoff last month, during which police said a man took a hostage at a Texaco gas station in Southeast Austin, shot at officers and made a Molotov cocktail firebomb before ultimately being killed by police.
—Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2024
On Friday night, a firebomb was thrown at the Hindu Goddess at a temple in Dhaka’s Tantibazar area, creating panic among the devotees who thronged the temple.
—Julhas Alam and Al Emrun Garjon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Firebomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firebomb. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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