Two teenagers have been arrested after acid was thrown in people’s faces in five attacks over one night in London. Two moped riders attacked people in a 90-minute spree in Islington, Stoke Newington and Hackney on Thursday, stealing mopeds in two of the attacks. An eyewitness said he heard a victim, who he believed was a delivery driver, “screaming in pain”. One victim suffered “life-changing injuries”.
Police are looking at whether moped theft was the motive for the attacks. Officers said they were linking the attacks and boys aged 15 and 16 have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm. Delivery services Deliveroo and UberEATS have confirmed two of the victims were couriers working for the firms. The attacks happened amid rising concern about the number of assaults involving corrosive substances in London.