2 men wanted for setting fire to Brooklyn supermarket

Friday, December 1, 2017
BRIGHTON BEACH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are searching for two men wanted in an arson at a Brooklyn supermarket.

According to police, the fire took place Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Tashkent Supermarket, located at 713 Brighton Beach Avenue.
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A man apparently entered the store and threw two Molotov cocktails while another man waited on a motorcycle outside the store.

Surveillance video shows the man dressed in a black hoodie, black jeans, and a black mask. The man outside wore a black and white motorcycle helmet and was also dressed in a black hoodie and black jeans.

Both men fled the scene on the motorcycle. No injuries were reported during the incident and store employees were able to extinguish the fire.
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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