A jilted girlfriend has suffered serious burn injuries after carrying out a botched acid attack on her former lover, police say.
Ung Limey, a 21-year-old from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, attempted to pour
acid on her ex fiance while riding behind him as a passenger on his
motorbike.
Although she injured her intended target, she failed to account for
the large amount of the chemical that would be blown back across her own
face.o make matters worse, Leng Socheata, 23, crashed moments later due
to the intense pain caused by the burning acid, causing further
injuries to the pair.
Police arranged for Leng to be taken to hospital while Ung fled
before they arrived, and police believe she has been treated for her
burns at a private hospital.
Mok Borunchhorsak, a police spokesman in the Prampi Makara district of Phnom Penh, where the incident happened, said:
‘We are currently looking to find the
young woman who allegedly doused her former boyfriend with acid as she
rode behind him on a motorbike.’His family said it was an act of revenge
after they had persuaded him to break off the relationship. ‘We have
visited all of the state hospitals and there was no sign of her, and we
suspect that means that she has been treated in a private hospital.’
Local media reported photographs of Ung with a bandaged face had
surfaced on social media. The injured boy’s uncle, Sok Sorin, said that
they had managed to persuade him to stop seeing her after finding out
that she had been arrested for jewellery theft and drug-related
offences.
He claimed:
‘They separated for several days, but on
Tuesday, the criminal came back to my nephew and they took a motorbike
ride. She took the bottle of acid and poured it over his head, seriously
injuring him.’
Police spokesman Mok Borunchhorsak then confirmed that his department
had previously arrested Limey on drug charges, and a warrant had been
put out for her arrest.
He added: ‘We know her very well, so I don’t think it will take a long time to arrest her.’
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