Stripped and hosed down in the street, the latest victims of UK’s ‘face-melter’ gangland craze: Two men scream in pain after acid attack caused their skin to peel and their faces to change colour

• 455 acid attacks were reported to Scotland Yard last year — a rise of 74 per cent
• 20 people were convicted of offences but more than a third of perpetrators were never caught
• Between January and April this year alone there were 114 attacks

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