P.M. BRIEFING : Brooklyn Firebomb Tied to Strike
A Brooklyn grocery store was firebombed early today, and the owner said he recently had received threats not to sell the strike-bound Daily News, officials said.
The fire, set off by a Molotov cocktail, caused extensive damage to the store and slightly injured three firefighters, said Fire Department spokesman Lt. Frank Martinez.
An incendiary device was thrown into the same store Friday but caused no damage, said police spokesman Edward Burns. The owner, Salah Zamzemi, told police he had received threats and had not been selling the newspaper, Burns said.
No suspects have been found in either incident, Burns said.
Dozens of local newsstand owners say they have received warnings on the Daily News and one stand was firebombed.
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