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Indian woman attacked with acid for fifth time says police

Acid attacks on the rise in India. Figures from 2015 show only the tip of the iceberg.

By: Eastern Eye Staff

A woman who survived an alleged gang-rape and four separate acid attacks has once again been hit by corrosive liquid, Indian police said Sunday (2). The 35-year-old mother, who was allegedly gang-raped in 2008 over a property dispute, was at a women’s hostel in Uttar Pradesh state capital Lucknow when a man scaled the walls and poured the chemical onto her. “She was filling water at the hand pump when the attack took place. The attacker fled from the spot,” Vivek Tripathi, local police chief said. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sustained burn injuries to her face and shoulder and is undergoing treatment at a…

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