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   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 07:25:35 +0000   
   Vidcapper  wrote:   
      
   > On 17/03/2017 19:27, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   >    
   > >   
   > > 1,500 Acid Attacks Hit London Since 2011   
   > >   
   > > Acid attacks are occurring with alarming frequency in London, with   
   > > nearly 1,500 recorded since 2011, British media reports.   
   > >   
   > > A third of the attacks alone were committed in 2016, which itself   
   > > was up 250 percent from the previous year. The attacks are   
   > > notoriously used occasionally in the Islamic world by angry suitors   
   > > seeking revenge on women who rebuff marriage proposals, or commit   
   > > other “shameful” acts. Charities consulted by British media said 80   
   > > percent of all acid attack victims globally are women.   
   > >   
   > > London, however, has the opposite trend. Nearly 80 percent of acid   
   > > attack victims in the city are men.   
   > >   
   > > “Looking at the data in general, there is a fairly large probability   
   > > that a high percentage of the incidents are male-on-male attacks and   
   > > most likely to be gang-related,” Jaf Shah, the executive director of   
   > > the support group Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI), told   
   > > the Guardian.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > “There does seem to be an increase in reporting of acid violence in   
   > > Europe and the U.S.,” Shah continued to the Guardian. A London-based   
   > > estate agent confronted two gang members outside his shop in   
   > > November 2016 before they took out a squirt bottle full of acid and   
   > > significantly wounded his face. As the attack was unfolding, the   
   > > victim was told not to fight back because his attackers “have more   
   > > bottles.” The story may indicate how London gangs weaponize the acid   
   > > in lieu of other weapons that are heavily restricted in the city of   
   > > London.   
   > >   
   > > “Acid is used as an extreme mark of dominance. It’s letting the   
   > > individual know I haven’t killed you, but it’s almost worse than   
   > > that, it’s a mark – on your face. It’s a sinister legacy,” one   
   > > former UK gang member told the Mirror.   
   >    
   > Why an I not surprised you give no checkable source for this article?   
   >    
   > You may be gullible to accept any articles that match your prejudices    
   > uncritically, but fortunately for society in general, most of us   
   > don't.   
   >    
   >    
   >    
      
   So you did not read it,eh?   
      
   After you read it exactly what is not true?   
      
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