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Explosive device thrown into Chinese takeout in Queen Village

One male is seen on surveillance video carrying the explosive device and then throwing it into the New Dragon City takeout on the 500 block of Washington Avenue on Aug. 12.

The male in the white T-shirt is accused of throwing an explosive device into the New Dragon City takeout restaurant on the 500 block of Washington Avenue in Queen Village at about 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12, 2017. He was in a group of several other males at the time.
The male in the white T-shirt is accused of throwing an explosive device into the New Dragon City takeout restaurant on the 500 block of Washington Avenue in Queen Village at about 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12, 2017. He was in a group of several other males at the time.Read morePhiladelphia Police
    by Julie Shaw
    Published 

Police are seeking a group of males in connection with an explosive device thrown into a Chinese takeout restaurant in Queen Village this month. No one was injured, police said.

About 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12, seven males were photographed on surveillance video, released by police Thursday, walking on the 500 block of Washington Avenue. One of them is seen throwing the device into the New Dragon City at Washington and Randolph Street as the others stand nearby.

After the device explodes in the empty lobby, the seven are seen running east on Washington.

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