Woman on bus has ‘acid’ sprayed in her mouth

A suspected ‘acid attack’ victim had a noxious substance sprayed in her mouth while on a bus yesterday.

The incident in Brixton comes amid a surge in violence in London over the bank holiday weekend, which saw an innocent 13-year-old boy shot in the head as part of a spate of stabbings and shootings. The woman, in her 20s, was deliberately targeted, the Met Police said yesterday as they began their search to find the lone suspect. Firefighters rushed to her aid by hosing her down with water.

A police spokesman said: “The woman injured on the bus as a result of the suspected noxious substance has been taken to hospital. Her condition is not life-changing or life-threatening.”