Sisters attacked with acid

Dec 10, 2009
AFP

PHNOM PENH - TWO young Cambodian sisters were severely burned when they were attacked with acid as they rode on a motorbike on Thursday, police said.

The victims, aged 17 and 18, were splashed with acid while they were travelling by motorcycle to bring beef to their mother at a market in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, police said.

'We have not concluded what was the motive of the attack. We are investigating the case,' said Ouch Sokhon, Phnom Penh's Chamkar Mon district police chief.

The victims, who are both hairdressers, were rushed to a hospital to be treated for acid burns on their heads, faces and bodies, police and witnesses said.

Acid attacks, while decreasing in recent years, are still a common form of revenge in Cambodia, often committed by jilted lovers.