Three Jersey City Girls Arrested Over Sulfuric Acid Attack on 6 Women
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Three Jersey City Girls Arrested Over Sulfuric Acid Attack on 6 Women
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 15
Summary
Three girls aged 13, 14 and 15 were arrested on June 16 and 17 after police said they threw suspected sulfuric acid at six women in Jersey City on June 15.
Six victims were hospitalized with non-life-threatening burns and skin peeling; a 21-year-old woman was sent to a burn unit with second-degree burns to her face and scalp.
Officials told NBC New York the women were sitting in a car when the suspects rode by on a moped and hurled the acid.
Jersey City police said the attack appears targeted and may have grown out of an earlier dispute involving a large group.
The teens face aggravated assault, weapons, conspiracy and child-endangerment-related charges; authorities have not released their identities.