UK World’s Acid Attack Capital; Assaults Up 74 Per Cent in One Year
The UK now has the highest number of reported acid attacks per person, with 1,800 assaults using corrosive liquid since 2010 in London alone, according to charity Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI).
The number of assaults using acid and corrosive liquids in Britain grew 74 per cent in the most recently recorded year, growing from 261 in 2015 to 454 in 2016.
These figures mean Britain is now the nation “with the highest number of acid attacks per head”, according to ASTI director Jaf Shah, who told French daily Libération the typical victim of assaults using corrosive liquid are women in ‘patriarchal’ societies.
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