Men on Scooter in London Throw Acid in Faces of 5 People<br />By ROD NORDLANDJULY 14, 2017<br />LONDON — Two teenage boys raced through London on a scooter<br />and threw or sprayed acid in the faces of five other scooter riders apparently chosen at random late Thursday, according to the police.<br />Four additional attacks, all involving two teenage boys on a scooter, or moped, took place in rapid succession in neighborhoods nearby,<br />with the assailants spraying acid in the faces of other scooter riders in an apparent attempt to steal their vehicles, the police said.<br />The attacks began when two assailants on a scooter pulled up to a man on another scooter at an intersection,<br />threw a corrosive substance in his face and then stole his vehicle, the police said.<br />Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were arrested in connection with the attacks, committed during a 72-minute spree across the neighborhoods of Clapton, Hackney, Islington<br />and Stoke Newington in northeast London, the Metropolitan Police said.<br />All victims were riding mopeds at the time of the attacks, but were from a variety of backgrounds.”<br />The police said the teenagers had been arrested on suspicion of robbery<br />and of causing grievous bodily harm, and appealed for witnesses and anyone with footage of the attacks to come forward.<br />The Metropolitan Police have said that acid attacks are on the rise in the British capital,<br />with 458 reported last year, nearly double the total of the previous year.
