Acid attack leaves London delivery driver in life-threatening condition

A teenage boy has been arrested in London after an acid attack left a fast-food delivery driver "fighting for his life" and likely to go blind.

In both cases, the drivers were targeted by two males on a scooter as they attempted to steal their victims' mopeds.

"This was an innocent man going about his work as a delivery driver, who may never see again," said Gordon Henderson from the Waltham Forest borough police.

In July, two teenagers on a scooter carried out five acid attacks in one evening in London, in an attempt to steal several mopeds, some of them from delivery drivers, according to prosecutors in the case's legal proceedings.

Police say that acid attacks in London were once typically carried out by men against women close to them but are now predominantly used between young males, often in the context of urban gangs.

UCJ, UNILORIN.