Boy of 15 held after 5 delivery riders are injured in acid spree

16-yr-old also quizzed by cops

TWO schoolchildren have been arrested over a spate of horrific acid attacks on motorbike riders.

Five drivers were targeted in the space of 72 minutes, with one describing the moment he “felt fire on my face”.

The teens approached their victims on a moped and attempted to steal their motorbikes. Two boys, aged 15 and 16, were yesterday arrested. A number of the victims are food delivery drivers, and one suffered life-changing injuries.

The suspects approached five men at busy junctions in East London on Thursday, between 10.25pm and 11.37pm. One jumped off and tried to steal the victims’ bikes, as the other sped away on the moped they arrived on.

They made away with two motorbikes, including that of Ubereats courier Jabed Hussain, 32, the first victim.

Speaking from his hospital bed, the married father-of-one said: “I had just finished work and was going home.

“I was stuck in traffic. Then, suddenly, I felt water on my face and I looked up and there were two boys on a bike. First of all, I didn’t realise it was acid, then it started to burn. I was screaming for help and for water. It was like fire on my face.

“I saw they wanted to do it again, so I jumped off my bike and tried to hide.”

Onlookers gave Mr Hussain water to help ease the burning. He messaged his fellow delivery drivers, and up to 30 of his colleagues rushed to his aid as he was treated at the roadside.

He said: “I am a normal, hard-working person, but I am not safe in London. I am scared to go out with my family.”

Toussaint Wattinne, of Ubereats,

ACID burns survivor Katie Piper has demanded tougher sentences for attackers, saying they inflict a “life sentence” on their victims.

The TV presenter, 33, has had 250 operations since an attack ordered by a former boyfriend. Katie said: “I wanted to commit suicide. said: “All of us are shocked by this horrific attack.

“We have offered to help in any way we can.”

After Mr Hussain, the pair targeted four more riders– aged 44, 52, 24 and 33 – at junctions in Stoke Newington, Hackney and Islington. The 24-year-old has life-changing injuries. One of the victims is a Deliveroo courier. Theresa

May yesterday said she

For survivors, the aftermath is a life sentence.”

It was “all too easy” to buy acid, she said, adding: “It is vital we do everything we can to halt these attacks. Tougher sentencing would surely act as a deterrent.” The campaigner, writing in medical journal Scars,