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Incendiary Device Thrown At ICE Building In Downtown Atlanta, FBI Says

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

9

First seen

Oct 20, 11:05 PM EDT

updated Oct 26, 2:43 PM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WANF (Atlanta News First CBS), WXIA (11Alive NBC) and 7 others, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A 31-year-old Douglasville, Georgia, man was arrested and charged in an alleged Molotov cocktail arson attack on an Atlanta ICE building, WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta) and Rough Draft Atlanta reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (8), version 5, Oct 26, 3:17 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once

Incendiary device thrown at ICE building in downtown Atlanta, FBI says · WANF (Atlanta News First CBS)Oct 21, 3:53 PM EDT
Man arrested in attempted arson attack on Atlanta ICE building, FBI says · WANF (Atlanta News First CBS)Oct 23, 11:13 PM EDT
Georgia man charged with throwing Molotov cocktail at Atlanta ICE building · KMBZ · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 23, 11:36 PM EDT
Acusan a hombre de lanzar bomba casera contra edificio de ICE en Atlanta, Georgia · WNJU · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 24, 6:33 AM EDT
Acusan a hombre de lanzar bomba casera contra edificio de ICE en Atlanta, Georgia · WZDC (Telemundo 44) · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 24, 6:33 AM EDT

How It Unfolded

Oct 20, 11:20 PM EDT · first source seenOct 26, 3:12 PM EDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Fulton County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 20, 11:30 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.Oct 22, 1:55 PM EDTHeld: Held after review because this was distributed nationally and was not a local report.Oct 23, 10:31 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.Oct 24, 12:32 AM EDTHeld: Held after review because this was distributed nationally and was not a local report.Oct 24, 8:04 AM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.Oct 24, 8:29 AM EDTHeld: Held after review because this was distributed nationally and was not a local report.Oct 26, 3:12 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.