Flic-en-Flac – VIJAY SHAH via KENDY ANTOINE and defimedia.info

As attacks involving dangerous chemicals such as acids and ammonia are becoming frequent in the United Kingdom, it seems that, worryingly, the trend for such vicious crimes, has spread abroad. On the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, a local business person made the news there after he was attacked with Acid, for the second time.

The man, aged 67, and living in the resort town of Flic-en-Flac on the island’s west coast, was attacked with a corrosive substance by a passing motorcyclist on August 31, his birthday, according to local French-language media Défi Media. He had unlocked the gate outside his home when the assailant rode past and splashed him with acid thrown from a pot. The victim suffered chemical burns to his arm and most of his face and was admitted to the burns unit at Victoria Hospital Candos in the nearby town of Quatre Bornes.

It was the second time the businessman, who was not named in the original report, was targeted, according to a statement he gave to Défi Media‘s reporters. He was the victim of a similar attack previously in the town of Rose Hill where a passenger of another motorbike hurled acid at him. That time, the victim managed to escape the brunt of the attack, although some acid struck his arm.

He reported the first attack to the police, but no arrests were made. The business person told media that he was afraid for his life, and he believed the attacks were due to people angered by his refusal to engage in unspecified immoral business practices for them.

The victim’s damaged articles of clothing were sent for analysis at Mauritius’ Forensic Scientific Laboratory (FSL) to establish the type of chemical used in the attack. Local crime investigators are also looking at CCTV footage of the time and place of the crime to prove the identities of the perpetrators.

SOURCES:

Reddy Ashanah.

Radio CONSEIL POLITIQUE . , Mauritius/Ile-Maurice, Facebook, Facebook Inc. https://www.facebook.com/groups/radioplusilemaurice/

Defimedia.info, Facebook, Facebook Inc. https://www.facebook.com/www.defimedia.info/

“À Flic-en-Flac : un homme d’affaires victime d’une attaque à l’acide pour la seconde fois” – Kendy Antoine, Defimedia.info/LE DEFI MEDIA GROUP (8 September 2018) https://defimedia.info/flic-en-flac-un-homme-daffaires-victime-dune-attaque-lacide-pour-la-seconde-fois

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