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103K views · 179 reactions | Dramatic video shows a man throw a Molotov cocktail into a deli in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday – but when he tried to throw a second one, a passer-by intervened to stop him. A suspect was found and charged with arson, assault, and reckless endangerment. | CBS News | Facebook

The Molotov cocktail is named after Vyacheslav Molotov, a leading figure in the Soviet Union from the 1920s to 1950s. During the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, Finland sustained heavy bombing. When Molotov claimed that the bombs were actually parcels of food, the Finns responded by attacking advancing Soviet tanks with Molotov "cocktails" as a "drink to go with the food". Military historian Alex Churchill and other experts head to Finland to find out more about the Finns' defen