Arrest made years after student was attacked with acid on Long Island

YouTube.com ^ | Feb 10, 2026 | Eyewitness News ABC7NY✓

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Video Transcript Summary

Nearly five years after a horrific sulfuric acid attack on March 17, 2021, in Elmont, Nassau County, New York, police have arrested and charged 29-year-old Terrell Campbell of Brooklyn.

The victim, then-21-year-old Hofstra University student Nafiah Ikram (also referred to as Nafia Ekram), was ambushed in her driveway by a hooded assailant who threw acid in her face, causing severe burns to her face and arms, permanent scarring, vision loss in one eye, and ongoing emotional trauma.

Campbell, a flower delivery worker and aspiring rapper (known as "Yung Based Prince"), was arraigned on Tuesday (February 10 or 11, 2026, based on reports) in Nassau County Court. He pleaded not guilty to charges including assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and unlawful possession of noxious material. He is being held without bail.

Key evidence leading to his arrest included:

• A public tipster and community information.

• Surveillance linking him to a red Nissan Altima near the scene.

• His internet search history shortly after the attack, including queries about removing sulfuric acid from car fabric.

• A YouTube music video he uploaded two years later (around 2023), in which he boasted about throwing acid in a woman's face.

The victim attended the arraignment and expressed relief at ending the uncertainty and fear, though she noted she had never met or heard of Campbell before. Authorities have not disclosed a motive but are investigating the possibility that he was paid to carry out the attack, with potential further arrests pending.

The family and victim described a sense of stunned relief following the long-awaited breakthrough in the case.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: 2021; 202103; acidattack; braggart; campbell; deliveryman; ekram; fian; fin; flowerdelivery; frraceobsession; frracism; frracists; hitman; hofstrauniversity; ikram; nafiaekram; nafiahikram; ninja; nissanaltima; racialdivision; racism; rapper; sulfuricacid; terrellcampbell

[Governor Dinwiddie]

“Yep, Yogi. It's THEM.”

[NorthMountain]

Yes. He’s black. That fact is unsurprising.

[montag813]

aspiring rapper

Wow, such ambitious plans! Tragic.

[montag813]

Honestly, he should be executed for this.

[antidemoncrat]

How about as his punishment do the same thing to him?

[Trueblackman]

Nah NorthMountain, I’m Black and that there is a Ninja. Chris Rock said it best, “There are Black Folks and then there are Ninjas.” Please get it right!

[Trueblackman]

Yep Yogi, “Its a Ninja”(updated for you)

[hal ogen]

Them. Avoid them.

[ek_hornbeck]

...and an aspiring rapper too - big surprise as well! Honestly, do these people ever have any non-criminal ambitions (or rather pipe dreams) that don’t involve becoming a famous rapper or a basketball player?

[fluffy]

At least a basketball player requires some actual skill.

[Trueblackman]

It’s New York, this ninja will do no time and more than likely get a major record deal. I’m glad the New York City side of my family has either passed on to glory or moved decades ago.

[ek_hornbeck]

Yesterday, I came across a similar story about a black thug and his girlfriend who illegally boarded a man’s yacht to take selfies. When he politely asked them to leave and tried to escort them off his boat, the thug punched the guy out and threw him overboard to drown. A great posterboy for Black History Month!

[ek_hornbeck]

That’s why I said pipe dream.

[Trueblackman]

Not claiming that!

[an amused spectator]

It was them again.

[Mr. K]

He needs to have the same thing happen to him.

Also anyone else involved.

[an amused spectator]

She should get to stomp his package flat before he’s executed.

[an amused spectator]

Make him eat his own eyes.

[an amused spectator]

The dude should have had a Persuader.