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Federal authorities arrested a man for throwing an improvised explosive device at a downtown Los Angeles federal building Monday morning, according to officials.

Jose F. Jovel, 54, was taken into custody after an incident at around 8 a.m., in which an individual tossed a Molotov cocktail-style firebomb at the front of the federal building at 300 N. Los Angeles St., officials said.

Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman, said the bureau is investigating that attack and that no one was injured in the incident.

Los Angeles firefighters responded to the federal building around 8:30 a.m., and a hazmat unit assessed a liquid at the scene and rendered it safe.

Jovel is also under investigat

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