London Man in Hospital After Acid Attack

A 21-year-old man is in hospital after having a corrosive substance thrown in his face in northeast London. The attack happened in the small hours of Thursday morning on Stoke Newington High Street, with police saying that the victim also had suffered knife wounds to his hands, reports The Guardian. London’s Metropolitan Police and the London Fire Brigade were called to the scene at 2:35 am to Stoke Newington, in the borough of Hackney. “Officers attended and found a 21-year-old man who had been assaulted, with a corrosive substance thrown over his face,” a Scotland Yard spokeswoman said. “The man has been taken to an east London hospital. “His injuries are not being treated as life-threatening or life-changing,” she added. No suspects have been arrested, and investigations are ongoing. Xeneral Webster Sentenced to 17 Years for Acid Attack Killing of Nurse https://t.co/vGbIkiBVwj — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) July 31, 2018 Vitriolage attacks have been on the rise in recent years, with a London judge saying in May that it was a “serious and growing problem” in the capital. Last year, police revealed that that the UK was now one of the world’s worst countries for acid attacks, with an average of 15