Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man after an alleged Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of a restaurant in Southbank this morning.
A 39-year-old Southbank man has been charged with reckless conduct endangering persons and two counts of arson.
It is alleged the man lit a small fire in the toilets of a Whiteman Street hotel just before 12.30am, then left the area and headed towards Clarendon Street.
A short time later emergency services were called to a Southbank Promenade restaurant where an alleged incendiary device had been thrown through the window of a restaurant.
The Southbank man was arrested by police a short time later.
He will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this morning.
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