A Texas woman has been arrested after she threw a bomb at a group of pro-lifers outside a Planned Parenthood abortion center in Austin.

Melanie Toney, 52, faces charges of aggravated assault.  Witnesses to the incident were able to capture part of the license plate of Toney’s vehicle and call police with the information.

The attack on the members of 40 Days for Life and Texas Coalition for Life happened around 6 p.m. Monday.  Toney reportedly drove slowly up to the group that was praying and then threw the bomb into the group.

“I realized she was throwing something out the window and it was on fire,” Ruth Allwein with 40 Days for Life told local television station KXAN. “It had a lit wick, so my first instinct was to back away, then I wasn’t sure what to do.”

“I ended up coming over and stamping on it, so it was a little bit nerve-racking,” Allwein outlined. “I thought about leaving it alone but then my thought was, ‘What if it explodes, what’s going to happen?’ So I decided it was worth coming back coming back over here and doing something about it.”

The device did not detonate because it landed on a soft, grass covered area rather than sidewalk where it would have exploded.

“We know that many women are hurting from past abortion experiences,” Heather Gardner of Central Texas Coalition for Life told Life News. “One of the ways people sometimes lash out is through anger and violence. We pray for this woman and pray for healing in her heart if she is hurting from a past abortion.”