Acid attack leaves woman and daughter severely injured

Health minister vows strict action against culprits

QUETTA: A woman and her daughter suffered severe burn injuries on Friday when two unidentified men riding a motorcycle threw acid on them and fled. The incident occurred in Railway Housing Society of the provincial capital.

The victims were identified as Farzana Bibi and Kiran who were on their way home when sprayed with acid, according to the police. Both were shifted to Bolan Medical Complex Hospital (BMC) for treatment.

In her statement before the police, Bibi said, “I had gone out to bring my daughter Kiran from the tuition centre. When we were heading back home, two men standing at the corner of the street splashed acid on us.”



Farzana – who works as a domestic servant in the area and hardly manages to make both ends meet – told the police that they did not have any kind of enmity with anyone.

Provincial Health Minister Naseebullah Marri strongly condemned the acid attack as he visited the BMC to inquire after the victims.

“Perpetrators of the acid attack will not be spared,” he said, vowing strict action against the culprits.

Marri directed the BMC administration to provide quality treatment to the acid victims, adding that the provincial government would bear treatment expenditures for the two victims.

The police have lodged an FIR against unidentified persons and started investigations.