Halifax police search for person accused of throwing bomb through window, starting fire

Police in Halifax are looking for a suspect accused of throwing an incendiary device through an apartment window and starting a fire.

Officers were dispatched to an address on Lynch Street around 9:20 last night to investigate a shots fired report.

Investigators say people in the apartment told them an incendiary device had been tossed into a residence, causing a small fire inside.

Police say some people suffered minor injuries, and that firefighters quickly doused the flames.

No other details were immediately available.