Episode 161 - Naomi Oni & The Acid Attack Epidemic

20 Aug

It was after midnight on the 29th of December 2012 when 20 year old Naomi Oni was walking home in East London. Suddenly out of the darkness she saw a figure appear and a splash of liquid hit her face.

The excruiating burning pain was immediate, and the horrors that followed would only be topped when she discovered just who had carried out this brutal revenge acid attack.

Sources:

Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdVtXZUd8GU

VICE documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EscjYGHKHxM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26680664

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25644206

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ywkk95/acid-attacks-in-the-uk-sadly-are-not-going-anywhere

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/23/acid-attack-victim-says-police-could-have-stopped-his-assailant

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1239975/UK-crime-acid-attacks-every-three-days

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4Zztl6VZwXNXCn7fXDwb2YR/why-are-acid-attacks-on-the-rise

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/london-is-acid-attack-hotspot-of-western-world-with-victims-as-young-as-10-a4222921.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4016850/acid-attacks-uk-london-statistics-westbourne-grove/

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/08/06/541209398/acid-attacks-on-the-rise-in-the-u-k