A mother was left screaming “my eyes” after vile thugs threw acid into her face and at her two children in a suspected acid attack in south London.
The thug then fled the scene, according to witnesses, and left eight people needing hospital treatment.
A total of nine individuals, including a woman, her two children and three officers were injured as a result of the incident.
The suspect is still at large as of Thursday morning, and a helicopter was deployed to try and locate them.
Police officers have launched an investigation following the attack in Lessar Avenue, Clapham South
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It is understood that three passers-by tried to come to the aid of those injured in the horrific attack, before suffering injuries themselves.
Police officers have launched an investigation following the attack in Lessar Avenue, Clapham South.
“It was horrific,” a witness told Sky News as he tried to clean the chemical from the woman’s face.
“First a man grabbed his kid – a girl aged two or three from a white car.
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A witness said they heard the mum screaming ‘my eyes’
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“He threw her onto the floor – twice! It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.
“The man then threw something at the woman. She was screaming, ‘my eyes! My eyes!’.”
The man then allegedly got into a car and tried to run the woman over.
The witness said, “there was a little baby girl banging on the door on the dad’s side, the lady was crying, screaming” and calling for help.
Police have yet to arrest anyone as of yet
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Detective Superintendent Alexander Castle said on Wednesday night: “Officers are on scene following this horrific incident.
“While tests are ongoing to determine what the substance is, at this stage we believe it to be a corrosive substance,” he said.
“A man was seen fleeing the scene. We are drawing on resources from across the Met to apprehend this individual and work is ongoing to determine what has led to this awful incident.”
No arrest has been made and police said they will give an update on the conditions of the injured people as soon as possible.