Iowa: IIDs Thrown at Vehicle

TRIPwire, 4 May 2023
On 2 May 2023, media reporting indicated that at approximately 0330 hours local time in the week of 24 April 2023, Des Moines Police Department officers responded to the 2400 block of SE 7th Street after two people lit what appeared to be improvised incendiary devices (IIDs), described as Molotov cocktails, and threw them into a vehicle, setting it ablaze, and then fled the scene on foot. No further device details have been released. The car sustained extensive damage, but no injuries have been reported. The investigation is ongoing.