• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Worldwide, particularly in places like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, it’s almost always done against women - it disfigures people and leaves them ugly, and people generally judge women more on appearance than they do for men. It’s a very effective way of ruining a life, and has less harsh sentences and less logistical issues (re: a dead body) than murder.

    In the UK, however, men make up most of the victims. It has become a preferred attack by some criminals as it is easy to conceal in a coffee cup or something, and police have clamped down massively on gangs using knives.

    Acid attacks are way down from the peak in 2017, but unfortunately it still happens.