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   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 06:00:31 -0400   
   burfordTjustice  wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
   >    
      
   Crickets.   
      
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