Prominent acid victim commits suicide, reignites furor in Pakistan

Thursday, March 29, 2012

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life was no longer worth living.

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