Unidentified persons on Thursday night lobbed a channa bomb into the home of a businessman of Canefield, Canje, Berbice family causing minor damage to floor mats of the house.
Police in a statement last evening said that the incident occurred at about 11.35 on Thursday night.
Businessman Rampersaud Arjune and his wife were in the upper flat of their home when they smelt something burning and on checking the lower flat of the building they saw a small fire on the kitchen floor which was extinguished.
Minor damage was done to a floor mat and the vinyl, the police said, adding that a bottle with a quantity of channa soaked in kerosene had been recovered by the police.
