Manhunt Under way After ‘Targeted’ Acid Attack on Woman and Children in London

Published on February 1, 2024

Police have launched a manhunt in London after a three-year-old girl was grabbed out of a car and “slammed” to the ground by an attacker who then threw a corrosive substance, believed to be acid, at the child’s mother. Eleven people, including the woman and her two children, were treated in hospital after the incident, which took place near Clapham Common in south London at 7:25 p.m. on Wednesday night. Those injured included three members of the public who tried to intervene and five police officers who arrived at the scene. Shannon Christi, 35, who lives nearby, said she helped rescue the little girl, who she estimated was about three years old....