Acid attack on foreigners at train station in Bangkok

There seem to be more and more acid attacks. The problem in Malaysia is also quite bad but so far, it has been restricted to locals. However, this attack in Bangkok (hospital saw it's third case) is the perfect case to scare tourists.

Whether this is done by saboteurs or by a lunatic, it has to stop or people will be scared to venture out. Malaysia also needs to quickly stamp out this crazy stunt.

Until the next time, cheers.

Bangkok Post, Friday, 16 September 2011

Acid attack on foreigners at train station

A foreign woman artist, Elizabeth Briel, reported on Twitter on Friday that she and her husband had acid sprayed at their faces at the Asoke skytrain station last night

Elizabeth Briel (Photo from Twitter)

She said the acid was directed at them from the stairway leading to the station near Robinson shopping mall.

Mrs Briel said her husband's eyes were damaged but would be okay, while she has a burnt scalp.

They were treated at Bumrungrad hospital.

The hospital said this is the third case they have seen lately.

In Mrs Briel's homepage http://elizabethbriel.com/, she sums up the incident saying she and her husband "were in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Her letter to Thailand says she will leave Thailand and travel to China soon because of "China's contemporary art and its fringe cultures", not because of last night's incident.