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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Dramatic surveillance video captured inside a Brooklyn deli shows a man hurl incendiary devices through the business’s front door on Saturday, causing substantial damage.
New York City Fire Department officials confirmed the attack occurred just before 8 a.m. and that police arrested 38-year-old Joel Mangal of Brooklyn shortly after the incident, WABC-TV reported.
FDNY confirmed via social media that Mangal was arrested “for the alleged use of improvised incendiary devices, commonly known as ‘Molotov Cocktails.’”
Police also confirmed to WABC-TV that Mangal is accused of slashing a 23-year-old man in the hand before fleeing on foot.
According to WNBC, one person is visible in the video stumbling through the “floor-to-ceiling flames” to flee through the deli’s front door, while another person can be seen hopping over the counter to escape.
One person was treated on the scene for non-life-threatening injuries, FDNY confirmed.
Mangal faces a host of charges, including arson, assault, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief, WNBC reported.
A second video captured the attack from the sidewalk outside the deli and appears to show the moment the attacker lit the device and tossed it inside the business, WPIX-TV reported.