Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained a man who allegedly threw a molotov cocktail into a police station in District 8 on Thursday.

The man, identified as Tran Cong Ngoc, was arrested when he was running away on foot after throwing a molotov cocktail into the police station of Ward 12, Dist. 8, on Tung Thien Vuong St.

Several officers there managed to put out the fire quickly

The police found another unused molotov cocktail and a gas lighter on his body.

They are investigating the motive for Ngoc's attack.