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| Muslim woman in fear after friend 'loses tongue in acid honour attack' |
| 2009-07-24 |
| Two men have appeared in court after the suspected lover of a married Muslim woman had acid thrown in his face and was stabbed twice in the back in a possible “honour attack”. The woman was warned that her own “wellbeing may be in danger”, a source at Scotland Yard told The Times. Detectives have been told that the man and woman were not in a sexual relationship but were just friends. However, their relationship is said to have upset her family. The 24-year-old Asian victim, believed to be from Denmark, is in a critical but stable condition in a specialist burns unit in Essex. He has lost part of his tongue, been left blind in one eye and has 50 per cent burns and fractures to his face after being attacked in Leytonstone, East London, on July 2. Both men are said to be related to the woman. One is understood to be her brother. A police source said that the woman had not been moved into a safe house but that police were in daily contact with her. The man was allegedly attacked at 2am by a gang wearing masks and gloves. Five other men have been arrested and bailed pending further inquiries by police. A 16-year-old youth was rearrested last night and is being held at an East London police station. At the time of the attack, a police source said: “It looks like this gang set out deliberately to target this man. They were dressed in masks and gloves so none of the acid would get on them.” |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 afterthe suspected lover of a married Muslim woman Apparently the lady in question was indeed married. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-07-24 23:39 |
| #5 AlanC, As it turns out, the jealous husbands suspicions about my great-grandfather were wrong too. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-07-24 11:41 |
| #4 Um Glenmore, the woman isn't married to anyone and apparently wasn't even doing it with the victim. THIS kind of behavior is peculiarly Muslim even if not uniquely so. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-07-24 09:45 |
| #3 The 24-year-old Asian victim, believed to be from Denmark... :Boggle: |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-07-24 09:10 |
| #2 Well, there is one of those 'how would you like to die' options of being shot in the act by a jealous husband, when you're 95. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-07-24 08:28 |
| #1 While the technique seems peculiarly Muslim the idea of attacking a guy with whom your wife is cheating on you is pretty much universal. (My great grandfather was shot for that - and the killer was even acquitted as it was considered a justifiable homicide.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-07-24 08:06 |