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NEWS ABOUT: acid

acid stories: 6 news summaries

 11 Hurt in 
 Hong Kong 
 Acid Attack 

Fourth similar attack this year, man busted

Sep 7, 09 7:13 AM CDT
(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 ... More »

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China • Hong Kong • attack • acid

(Newser) - A London man was beaten, stabbed, and forced to drink acid in what police believe was an "honor attack," the Daily Mail reports. The victim lost his tongue in the attack and remains in critical condition. Police believe the man, who was originally Danish, was attacked because he... More »

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London • Muslim • affair • Britain • honor killings • acid • attempted murder

Unbowed by
Attack, Afghan Girls Return
to School

School thrives despite horrific assault

Jan 14, 09 7:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Last November in Kandahar, the southern Afghan city in the grip of the Taliban, 15 students and teachers were sprayed with acid on their way to a girls' school. The attack was the culmination of a Taliban-supported campaign to keep women from education, but the girls and their teachers have... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • school • Kandahar • girls • students • acid

Snitch: Gotti Had Neighbor Dissolved in Acid

Gotti allegedly had neighbor killed as revenge for running over son

Jan 8, 09 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A mob informant says the body of John Gotti's neighbor was dissolved in a barrel of acid after he was shot on the crime kingpin's orders, the New York Daily News reports. John Favara disappeared after accidentally killing Gotti's 12-year-old son in a 1980 traffic accident. Police believe he was... More »

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New York City • organized crime • murder • Mafia • John Gotti • gangsters • acid

 Blinded Woman 
 Wins Eye-for-Eye 
 Islamic Justice 

Iranian court orders acid be dropped in attacker's eyes

Dec 15, 08 3:36 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iranian judge is applying Islamic law to give a blinded woman the eye-for-an-eye justice she seeks. A jilted suitor who poured acid on the woman—blinding and disfiguring her—will have the chemical dropped into his eyes, the Washington Post reports. Some officials say it may deter similar crimes... More »

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Iran • women • violence • court • justice • corporal punishment • acid

Afghans Bust Schoolgirl
Acid Attackers

Assault was 'work of the Taliban': minister

Nov 25, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Afghan officials have nabbed 10 Taliban militants accused of throwing acid in the faces of eight schoolgirls and four female teachers, Reuters reports. President Hamid Karzai called for their arrest and said the group would be publicly executed. “The attack was the work of the Taliban and we have... More »

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Taliban • Islamic militants • arrest • student • public executions • acid

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