One of the victims get treated in the hospital.The Straits Times
PHNOM PENH - TWO young Cambodian sisters were severely burned when they were attacked with acid as they rode on a motorbike on Thursday, police said.
The victims, Kim Sonita, aged 17 and 18 year-old Kim Sodinay, were splashed with acid while they were travelling by motorcycle to bring beef to their mother at a market in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, police said.
'We have not concluded what was the motive of the attack. We are investigating the case,' said Ouch Sokhon, Phnom Penh's Chamkar Mon district police chief.
The victims, who are both hairdressers, were rushed to a hospital to be treated for acid burns on their heads, faces and bodies, police and witnesses said.
According to Deum Ampil's report, the attack was suspected to have linked to business dispute or a triangle love affair.
Acid attacks, while decreasing in recent years, are still a common form of revenge in Cambodia, often committed by jilted lovers. -- AFP
PHNOM PENH - TWO young Cambodian sisters were severely burned when they were attacked with acid as they rode on a motorbike on Thursday, police said.
The victims, Kim Sonita, aged 17 and 18 year-old Kim Sodinay, were splashed with acid while they were travelling by motorcycle to bring beef to their mother at a market in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, police said.
'We have not concluded what was the motive of the attack. We are investigating the case,' said Ouch Sokhon, Phnom Penh's Chamkar Mon district police chief.
The victims, who are both hairdressers, were rushed to a hospital to be treated for acid burns on their heads, faces and bodies, police and witnesses said.
According to Deum Ampil's report, the attack was suspected to have linked to business dispute or a triangle love affair.
Acid attacks, while decreasing in recent years, are still a common form of revenge in Cambodia, often committed by jilted lovers. -- AFP
2 comments:
Hope the austhority could do something about this acid attack culture.
To stop or to reduce acid attacks, the perpetrators must be severely punished- long term jail, I mean.
In the past, the acid attackers got away with it, that's why they keep attacking. Tath Marina, who was attacked by the wife of Svay Sitha, the Secretary of State at the Council of Ministers, was a very high-profile case that was not prosecuted.
A culture of impunity must stop in Cambodia.
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