Acid attack on three-year-old boy sitting in his pushchair

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Boy, three, who was deliberately attacked in his pushchair when thug squirted ACID in his face in Home Bargains in front of his horrified family is released from hospital but may still have suffered life-changing injuries

A three-year-old boy in a pushchair suffered serious burns to his face and arm after being hit with acid in a Worcester shop, police have said.

West Mercia Police believe the child was deliberately targeted in Home Bargains on Shrub Hill Retail Park at Tallow Hill yesterday afternoon.

They have released images of three men they would like to speak to.

The boy was taken to hospital, where he was treated for burns, but has now been released. He had been shopping with his mother when a substance was thrown or sprayed at him, police said.

A 39-year-old man from Wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and remains in police custody.


West Mercia Police believe the child was deliberately targeted in Home Bargains on Shrub Hill Retail Park at Tallow Hill. They have released images of three men (pictured) they would like to speak to

Chief Superintendent Mark Travis said: 'A young family were out shopping and a substance appears to either have been thrown or sprayed towards a three-year-old child who was in a pushchair.'

He added: 'He has burns to his face and to one of his arms - at the moment we are uncertain about the long term implications of those burns but we do hope that these won't be life-changing injuries.'

He renewed the appeal for information about the three men in the images, who left the store in the direction of the city centre, and also for anyone who has seen 'anything discarded in the area'.

At a press conference at the Worcester store, he added: 'A family was shopping and a young child of three was in a pushchair and it would appear that some form of substance - either an acid or alkaline - has been thrown or sprayed towards that child.

'As a consequence of that, the child has has received some form of burns. The staff and emergency services supported the family at the scene and the child was then taken to a local hospital, where they were treated for burns.

'The child received injuries to his face and arms. I am really pleased to say that subsequently today that child has been released from hospital and is back with family and we have specialist officers supporting the family.

A spokesman for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to Home Bargains at 2.24pm on Saturday 'to reports of a young boy who had suffered a severe reaction to an unknown substance'.

'An ambulance was sent and arrived in eight minutes. The crew assessed the boy at the scene and liaised with the trust's hazardous area response team for specialist advice.

'After treatment, he was taken to hospital in Worcester.'

Shocked shoppers have described seeing police cars and ambulances dashing to the shop where the three-year-old boy was attacked by a 'skinny white guy'.

Rachel Bryant, 22, said: 'I'd been shopping with my mum and were heading to Home Bargains when there were loads of police and ambulances.

'I saw a woman crying and being comforted by police. I didn't know what it was all about. When I heard about the little boy being attacked with acid I couldn't believe it. I assume the woman I saw could have been his mum or relative.

'It's horrendous to think something like this could happen to a little boy in the middle of a shop on a Saturday afternoon.'

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Fucking cowards.