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		dagaci on Aug 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fears for tourists in London as acid attacks escal... Acid attacks are mostly related to business disputes, sex, marriage, robbery and honor disputes. The stats and location's where the acid attacks take place: https://www.statista.com/chart/10289/acid-attacks-in-london/ and https://www.met.police.uk/globalassets/foi-media/disclosure_...

sinaa on Aug 6, 2017 | [–]

Thanks for the links.

What scares me is that over 1/3 of incidents were marked as "Investigation complete; no suspect identified".

And only 18% of attacks (156/833) resulted in a "Charged/Summoned" outcome.

btb on Aug 6, 2017 | [–]

Thanks, googled those top 3 trouble spots mentioned and they all seem to be in east london.

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