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11 Hurt in Hong Kong Acid Attack

Fourth similar attack this year, man busted

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 7, 2009 7:13 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Eleven people were injured when a man threw acid at a busy market yesterday in the fourth such attack in the Chinese special administrative region this year. Nine people suffered burns and were treated on site, while two more were taken to the hospital. A 28-year-old man was arrested, CNN reports. There's no proof that he's linked to the three earlier attacks.

An attacker hurled acid at pedestrians in a crowded Hong Kong shopping district Sunday, injuring eleven people in the neighborhood's fourth acid attack in a year.
An attacker hurled acid at pedestrians in a crowded Hong Kong shopping district Sunday, injuring eleven people in the neighborhood's fourth acid attack in a year.   (AP Photo)
A victim, her head covered in bandages, is carried on a gurney to an ambulance in Mong Kok district, Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.
A victim, her head covered in bandages, is carried on a gurney to an ambulance in Mong Kok district, Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo)
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youngblood
Sep 7, 2009 6:59 AM CDT
WTF!!

 
China • Hong Kong • attack • acid

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