Federal investigators looking into incident at Kansas City office of Emanuel Cleaver after smashed alcohol bottles found

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Federal investigators are looking into what appears to have been an attempt to firebomb a US congressman’s office in Missouri.

Kansas City police were called to representative Emanuel Cleaver’s office in Kansas City around 2.50am on Thursday after an alarm sounded at the building.

Police sergeant Kari Thompson says two alcohol bottles – one rum and one Jagermeister – were found shattered on the ground below a broken window inside the office.

Thompson says paper towels were sticking out of the necks of the bottles and it appeared they had been ignited but were extinguished during flight.

Cleaver was in Washington DC and there were no staff members in the building at the time.

FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton says the agency is investigating the incident.