Two Slovak citizens have been arrested in the British city of Worcester over an acid attack on a three-year-old boy, Foreign and European Affairs Ministry press department director Igor Skoček told TASR on Thursday. British media report that police have arrested five men in total regarding the case. The motive for the acid attack is as yet unknown. The attack was carried out in a Worcester shopping centre on Saturday afternoon (July 21) and the boy was taken to hospital with severe burns on his face and arms; he was discharged a day later. However, whether the injuries will have a long-term effect on his health remains unclear. According to the police, the boy was the deliberately targeted.
Gavin Shoebridge, Photo: AP/TASR
