Molotov cocktails thrown in church compound in Penang


BALIK PULAU: The Church of the Assumption in Lebuh Farquhar has been attacked in the early morning after a controversial banner with the word "Allah" found outside the church on Sunday.

Penang police chief SDCP Datuk Abdul Rahim said that two Molotov cocktails were thrown into the church compound at about 1.30am early Monday morning.

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