{"id":32500,"date":"2017-04-18T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T07:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32500"},"modified":"2017-04-18T07:38:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T07:38:44","slug":"12-injured-in-suspected-acid-attack-in-london-clu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=32500","title":{"rendered":"12 injured in suspected acid attack in London clu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"C9mqvh9XkAAFcig\"London has seen a sharp rise in acid attacks in recent years<\/h2>\n
Twelve people were injured when a corrosive substance was thrown inside a packed London nightclub on Monday, police and fire services said, amid a sharp rise in acid attacks in the British capital.<\/div>\n
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A London Fire Brigade spokesman said an \u201cunknown corrosive substance\u201d was thrown in Mangle, a club in east London, in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n

It was identified as \u201can acidic substance\u201d from testing, he said, adding that there were around 600 people in the venue at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwelve people showing signs and symptoms attributed to corrosive substances were treated on scene by ambulance and brigade personnel prior to removal to hospital,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The police said in a statement that all the injuries were \u201cnon-life threatening\u201d and the incident was not believed to be terrorism-related.<\/p>\n

Police were called to the scene at around 0010 GMT \u201cafter members of the public complained of a noxious substance,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The streets around the club have been closed to traffic as the investigation continues and no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n

London has seen a sharp rise in acid attacks in recent years.<\/p>\n

There were more than 1,800 reports of attacks involving corrosive fluids in London since 2010, according to police data cited by the BBC last month.<\/p>\n

In 2016, corrosive fluids were used in 454 crimes, compared to 261 in 2015.<\/p>\n

Some experts have suggested that criminal gangs may be switching from carrying knives to acid because it could lower the risk of prosecution.<\/p>\n

In an acid attack in north London earlier this month, a 40-year-old father, 36-year-old mother and their three-year-old son were hurt.<\/p>\n

The woman and child were later discharged from hospital but the man suffered \u201clife-changing injuries\u201d, police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London has seen a sharp rise in acid attacks in recent years Twelve people were injured when a corrosive substance was thrown inside a packed London nightclub on Monday, police and fire services said, amid a sharp rise in acid attacks in the British capital. A London Fire Brigade spokesman said an \u201cunknown corrosive substance\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":32501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n