Man Tosses Firebombs “Molotov Cocktails” From New York City Rooftop

April 2, 2008

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A man with a machete slashed someone who was coming out of a subway station before climbing to a building’s rooftop and hurling firebombs at cars, setting one ablaze, police said.

The 21-year-old attacker set upon a 45-year-old man Tuesday night at a Queens subway station exit, police said.

The victim, who fended off his attacker with an umbrella, suffered cuts to his head, police said. He was in stable condition at a hospital.

The attacker dropped the machete and fled inside a nearby two-story building, where he went to the roof and started smoking cigarettes before setting liquid-filled containers on fire and hurling them into the street, witnesses said.

He threw at least four explosive devices, one of which struck a livery cab and set it on fire, police said. No one was injured.

Police evacuated nearby homes in the Richmond Hill neighborhood and sealed off the block during a one-hour standoff with the man. Officers swarmed the area on foot while a police helicopter hovered over the man.

Officer Robert Zajac said the ordeal ended when he told the man, “It’s time to come down now,” and the man complied.

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