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An acid attack, [1] also called acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage, is a form of violent assault [2][3][4] involving the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another "with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill ". [5] Perpetrators of these attacks throw corrosive liquids at their victims ...
First Lady Michelle Obama Honors 2014 IWOC Awardee Laxmi of India. Laxmi Agarwal (born 1 June 1990) is an Indian acid attack survivor, a campaigner for rights of acid attack victims, and a TV host. Laxmi is founder and President of The Laxmi Foundation, an NGO dedicated to acid attack victims. [1] She is a former director of Chhanv Foundation.
The 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protest was part of a series of events during the civil rights movement in the United States which occurred on June 18, 1964, at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida. The campaign between June and July 1964 was led by Robert Hayling, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, Hosea Williams, C ...
A 49-year-old Florida man hired and paid a man and a woman to travel to New Jersey to carry out an acid attack on a woman with whom he had had a prior relationship, authorities said.
Acid attacks on women have outnumbered attacks on men ... Acid attacks on women have outnumbered attacks on men for the first time, a charity has warned ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
The organisation's local partner Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan campaigned hard and played a critical part in helping to bring about The Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill in 2011 [8] which has contributed to the decline in attacks. Once known to be the country with the highest number of such attacks (496 recorded attacks in 2002 ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ... "The documents included instructions and details about an acid attack occurring on ...
The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), [1] occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices ...