Acid attacks on predominantly women world-wide

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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23631395

9 August 2013 Last updated at 08:22 ET

How many acid attacks are there?
By Tom de Castella BBC News Magazine

The acid attack on two young British women in Zanzibar has cast a spotlight again on a sinister crime. How often do such assaults happen?

Anyone who throws acid in someone's face intends to scar them for life.

It is a crime with a marked gender skew. Experts say that women and girls are victims in 75-80% of cases. Of the female victims, about 30% are under 18...

 

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Desperate witnesses used dirty water on British acid attack girl making injuries worse: Full horror of Zanzibar assault is revealed as victims arrive home

Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, 18, arrived back in the country yesterday
They were transferred to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for treatment
Katie Gee tweeted from hospital thanking supporters for their good wishes
One British tourist has told of how he tried to help girls after attack
Sam Jones said the girls saw attackers 'nod and smile' to each other
Acid was so corrosive it caused their clothes to disintegrate in minutes
Both girls have been described as being 'stable' in hospital

By James Rush
PUBLISHED: 08:32 GMT, 10 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:19 GMT, 10 August 2013

The injuries of one of the teenage girls attacked with acid were made worse when desperate helpers threw dirty water over her, it has emerged.

Details of the horrifying attack have also revealed the two British teenagers, who suffered horrific burns when the acid was thrown at them, saw their attackers smile and nod to each other moments before throwing the liquid...

 

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Source: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/09/13/Roman-Catholic-priest-injured-in-Zanzibar-acid-attack

Roman Catholic Priest Injured in Zanzibar Acid Attack
from REUTERS 13 Sep 2013

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic priest was hospitalized on Friday after acid was thrown at him in Zanzibar, police said, a month after two British teenage girls were victims of a similar acid attack there.

The incident in the semi-autonomous, mainly Muslim islands of Tanzania follows warnings by President Jakaya Kikwete that religious tension threatens peace in the nation of 45 million people...