PNN – The frequency of “acid attacks” in England has increased to such an extent that this country is known as the capital of acid attacks in the world. “Acid spray” used to be seen in British family feuds, but today it has become a tool in robberies and racist attacks.
Twelve people, including a 31-year-old woman and her eight- and three-year-old daughters, were injured in an attack with “burning substance” or acid in south London on Wednesday evening, January 31. According to the police, the injuries to the woman and the younger girl are so severe that they may be “permanent”. Eyewitnesses also said that the attacker pulled one of the girls out of the car before spraying the substance, and the girls’ mother shouted after the attack: “I can’t see, I can’t see.” According to reports, four other citizens who came to their aid were also injured. Three of them were admitted to the hospital and the fourth person was discharged after outpatient treatment. Five police officers also suffered minor injuries. The London police are now looking for the suspect and specialist forces have flooded the scene of the incident.
The interesting thing about an incident of this magnitude and number was that the British media used “caustic substance” instead of the word “acid” and of course did not give it much attention.
This normalization in the media is while a look at the situation of England in the last decade shows the horrible facts of acid attacks in this country, which sometimes puts the name of England in the first rank of acid attacks in the world.
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This situation prevails in England, in July 2016, with the increase in acid attack cases, it was stated that the punishment of acid throwers is likely to be increased as part of the government’s review of these cases. This promise was given by the British statesmen while the statistics show the ineffectiveness of the measures and the indifference of the British statesmen to the acid attack crisis in this country. In that year, it was stated that according to information released by the police under the Freedom of Information Act, attacks with corrosive substances such as acid have doubled compared to 5 years ago.
In May 2018, Internet activists also published a video on the YouTube social network showing how a girl who was a victim of an acid attack in London was writhing in pain from acid burns on her face and asking for help.
The English newspaper “Sun” also stated in a report that the number of acid attacks in this country increased from 228 to 601 between 2012 and 2016, which shows the growth of this phenomenon more than 2 times.
According to some official sources, an average of 2 acid attacks take place in England every day, and for this reason, in the last few years, this country has become the center of acid attacks in the world. Meanwhile, the British police believe that the number of acid attacks is more than what is reported. According to reports, more than half of these attacks take place in the capital of this country, but this phenomenon is gradually spreading to the villages as well.
The English newspaper “Daily Mail” in a report quoting “Stephen Timms”, the former minister of labor of England, writes: “The risk of an acid attack has turned London and some of its areas into a restricted area.” Also, “Sun” newspaper states in its report that many of these acid attacks are carried out by teenagers and criminal groups. According to the British police, acid attack is not a new phenomenon in this country and the first case of it dates back to 1736 AD (282 years ago), but previously acid was used mostly in family violence, but now it is mainly used in robberies and racist attacks.