Toddler among 3 refugees injured in acid attack

A Syrian refugee and his toddler son, as well as a Sudanese national, suffered burns when they were attacked with acid allegedly by a resident in Vikaspuri, police said on Wednesday.

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The incident took place on September 30 near the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in the west Delhi area, police said.

The men were discharged the same day but the child was kept under treatment as he had received 10 per cent burns in his chest, neck and eyes, they said. He was discharged today. Rakesh Kumar, a local, has been arrested in the matter, according to a police statement.

The FIR, a copy of which is accessed by PTI, revealed the identity of the victims as 11-month-old Ibrahim, his father Raft Abmohimid, and Nabil Omar Akbar, both aged 28.