Two victims were hospitalized in separate acid attacks in London on the same day.
A 21-year-old man was brought to hospital after an assault in northeast London that also left him with cuts to his hands, presumably inflicted by a knife, according to police.
“Officers attended and found a 21-year-old man who had been assaulted, with a corrosive substance thrown over his face,” Metropolitan police said.
“The man has been taken to an east London hospital. His injuries are not being treated as life-threatening or life-changing.”
No suspects have been apprehended at the time of this writing.
Hours later, a 29-year-old man was rushed to hospital after a burning liquid was thrown on him in Tower Hamlets, London.
“We're dealing with an incident at around 5.40pm in which a substance, believed to be ammonia, was thrown at a 29-yr-old man in the area of Roman Rd, E3,” Tower Hamlets police tweeted. “The victim was taken to hospital. Thankfully we understand injuries are not serious. Investigation is underway; no arrest yet.”
London is now considered the “acid attack capital of the world” after a six-fold increase of the barbaric practice since 2012, and over 2,000 such attacks in the last three years alone.
Poster Comment:
Mostly by black or Muslim immigrants because they have no guns. But acid thrown from a bottle is less precise than a gun so often innocent people are harmed.