Express
September 25, 2015
A Hampshire Police spokeswoman said: “The victim is white and officers investigating the case are not treating this as an attack based on ethnicity or culture. It is not an honour attack.
“Police are treating this rare and isolated incident as a targeted assault against the woman.”
Detectives are studying CCTV footage from outside the Turtle Bay restaurant to identify the two attackers, who may have followed the couple.
The acid was so corrosive firefighters were called to the scene and used a hose to wash the chemical from the pavement.
Shocked witnesses said the woman’s face “began to melt” after the attack.
A male bar worker at the restaurant said: “The acid was in her face and eyes. She’s probably going to be blinded. Her face looked like it was melting. It was clear there was a lot of damage.”
Assistant manager Adrian Rodgers, 27, who treated the woman for 10 minutes before paramedics arrived, said: “The acid burnt right through her leggings. It was awful.