Teenager arrested over acid attacks

Pair on moped attack five across London in 90- minute spree

teenager has been arrested after t wo male suspects riding a moped carried out five acids attacks across London during a 90- minute spree.

The Metropolitan Police said one victim had been left with “lifechanging” injuries after being doused in the east of the capital yesterday.

The assaults appeared to be linked and two involved victims having their mopeds stolen, they added.

A male teenager was later said to have been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and robbery and was taken to an east London police station.

At the start of the rampage, a 32- year- old moped driver had been approached by the pair as he drove towards the Hackney Road junction with Queensbridge Road. The t wo male suspects had tossed the noxious substance into his face before one of them jumped on to his vehicle and drove away.

The man went to an east London hospital. Little more than 20 minutes later, at about 10.50pm local time ( 9.50am NZT), another victim was sprayed with searing liquid by the pair on the Upper Street junction with Highbury Corner, Islington.

The victim was taken to hospital in north London.

Then at around 11.05pm, the fastmoving attackers swooped on a man in Shoreditch High Street, tossing the substance in his face.

His injuries were not threatening, police said.

Within 15 minutes, they appeared to have struck again, launching their corrosive load at a man on Cazenove Road and causing “life- changing” facial injuries.

The final assault of the night was reported to police at 11.37pm, when another man was confronted as he sat on his moped in traffic on Chatsworth Road.

After again spraying the liquid in a victim’s face, the moped was stolen and both attackers fled.

The Met Police said in a statement: “Inquiries are ongoing and officers from Hackney CID are investigating.”

The string of assaults comes just days after a man appeared in court accused of throwing acid at an aspiring model and her cousin.

Resham Khan, 21, and Jameel Muhktar, 37, were left with lifechanging injuries after the attack on Khan’s 21st birthday in Beckton, east London.

John Tomlin appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent.

On Easter Monday, acid was sprayed at a crowded east London club night, leaving two revellers partially blinded and others disfigured.

Arthur Collins, the former boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann, was charged in connection with the attack. life-