Post by robeiae on Jul 23, 2018 7:52:17 GMT -5
The latest: www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44921479
The numbers: www.bbc.com/news/uk-40559973
Nearly 500 "corrosive substance attacks" in the UK last year, nearly half of which were in and around London. WTF is this all about?
From last year: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/acid-attacks-uk-highest-world-figures-police-revealed-a8098236.html
More details and stats: www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/5d38c003-c54a-4513-a369-f9eae0d52f91
So what's going on here? Gang violence? Random attacks with no motive? And why has it become such a thing in London/the UK?
Three men have been arrested after a three-year-old was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack.
The boy was in a pushchair when he was "deliberately attacked" at Home Bargains in Worcester at 14:15 BST on Saturday.
West Mercia Police said the men, aged 22, 25 and 26, were arrested in London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.
The boy was in a pushchair when he was "deliberately attacked" at Home Bargains in Worcester at 14:15 BST on Saturday.
West Mercia Police said the men, aged 22, 25 and 26, were arrested in London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.
Nearly 500 "corrosive substance attacks" in the UK last year, nearly half of which were in and around London. WTF is this all about?
From last year: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/acid-attacks-uk-highest-world-figures-police-revealed-a8098236.html
The UK now has one of the highest number of recorded acid attacks per person of any country in the world, and the figure is expected to rise further, police have warned.
More details and stats: www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/5d38c003-c54a-4513-a369-f9eae0d52f91
The findings include:
The suspect was male 74% of the time and victim was male 67% of the time
Just 6% of suspects were Asian
Only one so-called ‘honour’ attack was recorded in 15 years
Four out of five violent offences never reached trial
The figures appear to contradict a belief that a relative majority of acid attacks involve the South Asian diaspora.
[snip]
The UK has one of the highest recorded rates of violent acid attacks in the world.
The figures show that after a 10-year decline, they surged between 2012 and 2016 by more than 500%. Just 73 were recorded in 2012; four years later, they hit a high of 469.
[snip]
The victims of London’s violent acid attacks are overwhelmingly male. Four out of five victims in 2016 were men, according to the statistics.
From 2007 to 2011, around 50 men and 50 women were attacked each year. Since 2012, however, the number of attacks on men has increased dramatically each year, peaking at 352 in 2016.
The suspect was male 74% of the time and victim was male 67% of the time
Just 6% of suspects were Asian
Only one so-called ‘honour’ attack was recorded in 15 years
Four out of five violent offences never reached trial
The figures appear to contradict a belief that a relative majority of acid attacks involve the South Asian diaspora.
[snip]
The UK has one of the highest recorded rates of violent acid attacks in the world.
The figures show that after a 10-year decline, they surged between 2012 and 2016 by more than 500%. Just 73 were recorded in 2012; four years later, they hit a high of 469.
[snip]
The victims of London’s violent acid attacks are overwhelmingly male. Four out of five victims in 2016 were men, according to the statistics.
From 2007 to 2011, around 50 men and 50 women were attacked each year. Since 2012, however, the number of attacks on men has increased dramatically each year, peaking at 352 in 2016.
So what's going on here? Gang violence? Random attacks with no motive? And why has it become such a thing in London/the UK?
