Acid thrown in Hong Kong, 24 injured

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

HONG KONG -- An unidentified assailant hurled acid in a Hong Kong shopping district, injuring 24 pedestrians, police said Tuesday. It was the third in a series of acid attacks that have hurt some 100 people. Police said a bottle of corrosive liquid was thrown on a crowd in the Mong Kok district Monday night. None of the victims, aged 4 to 49, were seriously burned. Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang condemned the attack, saying it was "cold-blooded and evil" and the assailant was "scum of the society."

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