Where are acid attacks most common?
The highest number of acid attacks generally happen in south Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Where else has it happened? Although acid attacks are not very common western countries, there have been a number of acid throwing crimes, particularly in the United Kingdom. The most notable case was the horrific attack on former television presenter Katie Piper in March 2008. In July 2009, two men were charged for trying to kill a man by pouring sulfuric acid down his throat in London. London’s Metropolitan Police told CNN that acid attacks were not a common form of crime and that there were only a few recorded cases in the last few years. In December 2008, two people in Greece were the victims of an acid attack that caused serious injury. In Ethiopia, a young woman had acid thrown in her face by a stalker while she was walking home from work in March 2007.
