Two girls hurt in Quetta acid attack

QUETTA: Two girls were severely injured in Quetta on Friday when a man threw acid on them in the city’s Kasi road.
through a syringe, the accused sprayed acid on the faces of both girls, police said. The girls identified as Rimsha Masih and Hina were shifted to Bolan Medical Hospital (BMC) for emergency medical treatment. The girls were attacked while they were busy in shopping.
“The girls were admitted in the burns ward of BMC,” said Dr Masood Nowsherwani.“Rimsha’s face was 30 percent affected whereas 16 percent of Hina’s face was burnt in the attack,” Nowsherwani added.
Capital City Police Officer Quetta, Razzaq Cheema said that Rimsha and Hina were 27 and 15 years old respectively. Cheema said that the families have already nominated an accused Vijay Masih, a resident of Brewery Road in the case. Vijay was subsequently arrested and taken into custody. Last year in July, four men sprayed acid on six women inside a house in Balochistan’s Pishin district. The attack was also carried out through syringes. Similarly, two acid attacks also took place in Mastung and Sariab last year in July. Acid, found easily and cheaply across Pakistan has been used a weapon to exact ‘revenge’ in domestic violence cases.
The victims are often left with no legal recourse and suffer severe psychological trauma as well facing social stigma which comes with disfigurement. The horrific crime, which disfigures and often blinds its overwhelmingly female victims, has long been used to settle personal or family scores with hundreds of cases reported every year.