Gruesome: Three boys attacked with chemical

LAHORE:  

Three teenage boys were injured in a chemical attack in Wahdat Colony on Sunday night. Tariq, an uncle of Furqan, Usama and Hamza, said they had gone buying food from a restaurant when two motorcyclists threw a chemical at them in Rehmanpura and fled. They were taken to Services Hospital where doctors treating them said they had first-degree burns in their arms and faces. They said the children would survive. Police said they had registered a case under Section 326 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act against two suspects, identified as Bilal and Areej. They said they were now looking for them.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 7^th, 2016.