Posted on 07/14/2017 1:15:25 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
LONDON — Two teenage boys raced through London on a scooter and threw or sprayed acid in the faces of five other scooter riders apparently chosen at random late Thursday, according to the police.
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 and Stoke Newington in northeast London, the Metropolitan Police said.
One of the victims suffered what were described by the police as life-changing injuries to the face.
The attacks began when two assailants on a scooter pulled up to a man on another scooter at an intersection, threw a corrosive substance in his face and then stole his vehicle, the police said.
Four additional attacks, all involving two teenage boys on a scooter, or moped, took place in rapid succession in neighborhoods nearby, with the assailants spraying acid in the faces of other scooter riders in an apparent attempt to steal their vehicles, the police said. They succeeded in stealing only two scooters during the spree, the police said.
All of the victims were men, ranging in age from 24 to 52, and there was no indication that the assaults were hate crimes. “These are hideous offenses and must have been very frightening for all of the victims,” Chief Inspector Ben Clark said. “I’m aware of rumors circulating that the victims were all food delivery riders set up in advance of the attacks. This is not the case. All victims were riding mopeds at the time of the attacks, but were from a variety of backgrounds.”
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Another account of the situation.
‘HE WAS HOLDING HIS FACE IN AGONY’ London acid attack witnesses tell of horror as victim in Hackney suffered ‘catastrophic’ injuries when two muggers on moped carried out FIVE assaults in just 90 minutes
One teenager has been arrested after two suspects carried out the depraved attacks and robberies in Stoke Newington, Hackney and Islington on Thursday night
TERRIFIED witnesses have revealed the horror of seeing an acid attack victim who suffered “catastrophic” injuries following a sick 90 minute spree in London last night.
Two teenagers have been arrested, one aged just 15, after five depraved assaults were carried out in Stoke Newington, Hackney and Islington, according to police.
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Give them acid enemas with their own product.
Now, where are their pictures? Are the Islamic Trash? We should know that at the outset.
Uhhhhhh, pardom me for aksing, my good sir, but, perchance, are there any common denominators relevant to the backgrounds of the perpretratrs other than that they are teen boys?
A side article from The Sun link above:
“LONDON - THE ACID CAPITAL OF BRITAIN”
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Shocking figures released earlier this year show 431 acid attacks were reported in London in 2016 - up from 261 the previous year.
And there have been 1,500 since 2011 but there are fears the number is much higher as some victims choose not to report the crime.
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Are we betting on ethnicity and/or religion?
“Teen boys” has now become a “dog whistle” for Muslim youths.
Do I even have to say it?
two Muslim women in London were badly burned by a white man....HMMM. But these latest were “just yutes’?
The odds of these teens being non-white, non-British are more then likely higher than 99 to 1.
I think their hands should be chopped off, personally.
That would indeed be quite personal.
Got a real great Mayor, hard core Muslim.
England needs to enact Acid Control.
London, in the not to distant past, was one of the safest cities in the world. These days not so much. Wonder why ?/s
Might these perps also qualify as the suburban "yutes" we so often read or hear about in Paris setting fire to businesses and cars?
The press covers for the usual attackers by highlighting the outlier white-on-muslim attacks, and also by attributing the acid attacks to "gangs."
I wonder who the "gangs" are? Hmmmm . . .
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