The Molotov cocktail was first used as a weapon during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). This crude device consists of a bottle filled with flammable liquid--usually gasoline--stopped with an oily rag; the user simply has to ignite the rag and throw the...

The Molotov cocktail, also known as the petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, or Molotov bomb, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised incendiary weapons. Simple to make, they are frequently used by rioters. The bombs were derisively named after Soviet...

JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-09-1994 MOLOTOV COCKTAIL TOSSED AT PARAMUS DRIVEWAY By JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer Date: 07-09-1994, Saturday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star PARAMUS -- Police said...

DAN KRAUT, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-31-2000 PATIENT BLAMES BURNS ON MOLOTOV COCKTAIL -- POLICE INVESTIGATING ATTACK IN PATERSON By DAN KRAUT, Staff Writer Date: 08-31-2000, Thursday Section: NEWS Edition: Two Star P PATERSON -- A man has...

African migrants trying to reach Spain in a small, crowded boat hurled Molotov cocktails at a patrol vessel that tried to stop them, police said Tuesday _ the first known attack from Africans risking their lives for a toehold in Europe.The wooden boat was carrying...

A few hours after a $50 million condo project burned down, apparently in an eco-terrorism attack, Earth Liberation Front spokesman Rod Coronado stood in front of a San Diego audience and explained how to build a homemade Molotov cocktail.Prosecutors say Coronado, a longtime environmental activist...