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 />Chief Inspector Clark said: "I would urge businesses<br />and parents to challenge those who they think may be trying to obtain or carry these substances." On June 21, two Muslim women in London were badly burned by a white man who threw acid on their faces through their car window.<br />All victims were riding mopeds at the time of the attacks,<br />but were from a variety of backgrounds." The police said the teenagers had been arrested on suspicion of robbery and of causing grievous bodily harm, and appealed for witnesses and anyone with footage of the attacks to come forward.<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.
