5 Women Among 6 Injured in Targeted Acid Attack in Jersey City, New Jersey
Five women were treated for non-life-threatening burns after police say a vehicle pulled up and threw sulfuric acid at them.
- On Monday night, five women were attacked with sulfuric acid near 105 Wilkinson Avenue in Jersey City, according to the Jersey City Police Department, with two suspects on a moped reportedly throwing the substance.
- Police believe the attack stems from a dispute between a large group of people, with Mayor James Solomon stating the incident follows an "earlier altercation" and appears to be a targeted act.
- Authorities reported the victims are in stable condition at a local hospital, and the JCPD continues to search for the two suspects who remain at large.
- Mayor Solomon condemned the "horrific attack," directing the JCPD to deploy all necessary resources to find those responsible, adding that "violence like this has absolutely no place on our streets."
- Jersey City has recorded 386 aggravated assaults so far this year, a decrease from the 537 recorded during the same period last year, providing context for this incident.
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5 women among 6 injured in targeted acid attack in Jersey City, New Jersey
Five women were among six people injured when suspects on a moped threw acid at them in Jersey City, New Jersey, in what officials said appeared to be a targeted attack. The incident happened Monday night near 105 Wilkinson Avenue, where Jersey City officials said two suspects on a moped drove past a car and threw an acidic substance at the victims. Officials initially reported five victims, all of whom were women, according to NBC News. A sixth…
Authorities consider that the attack would have been targeted specifically at young women and discuss a possible relationship to a prior dispute
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (PIX11) — A minor was taken into custody after six women, three of them teenagers, were attacked with sulfuric acid Monday night in Jersey City, according to city officials. Officials initially said five women were victims of the attack, but later confirmed a sixth person was injured in the altercation on Wilkinson [...]
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The Lawton Constitution5 women wounded in Jersey City acid attack by 2 moped riders still at large
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