(Global News) A man who worked as a security guard is facing several firearms and arson charges after shots were fired and a Molotov cocktail exploded inside Edmonton City Hall Tuesday morning.
Charges have been filed in court against a 28-year-old man named Bezhani Sarvar.
Sarvar is charged with reckless arson in an occupied property, possessing incendiary materials (Molotov cocktail), use of a firearm while committing an offence, careless use of a firearm (assault rifle), throwing an explosive substance and discharging a firearm into a building.
Police said late Wednesday afternoon an initial charge of knowingly possessing an unauthorized firearm was going to be dropped.
