07-05-2015, 08:49 AM
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Schoolgirls on their way to class say two men
on a motorbike threw acid in their faces "This is the punishment for going to school," the
men reportedly told the girls Kabul,Afghanistan
(CNN)— Attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Saturday, an official told CNN.
The girls, age 16 to 18, are students at one of
the biggest girls' schools in Herat city, the
provincial capital, said Aziz-ul-Rahman Sarwary, head of the education department for the province.
All three girls were admitted to Noor hospital in
Herat city before their parents took them
elsewhere, said hospital head Jamal Abdul
Naser Akhundzada.
Two of the girls were in critical condition after
the acid was thrown in their faces, he said. Akhundzada quoted the girls as saying that
their assailants were two men on a motorbike.
"This is the punishment for going to school," the men told the girls after pouring the acid on
them, according to Akhundzada. Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial police chief, said police were working very hard to find the attackers.
Acid attacks, poison: What Afghan schoolgirls
risk.
Schoolgirls on their way to class say two men
on a motorbike threw acid in their faces "This is the punishment for going to school," the
men reportedly told the girls Kabul,Afghanistan
(CNN)— Attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Saturday, an official told CNN.
The girls, age 16 to 18, are students at one of
the biggest girls' schools in Herat city, the
provincial capital, said Aziz-ul-Rahman Sarwary, head of the education department for the province.
All three girls were admitted to Noor hospital in
Herat city before their parents took them
elsewhere, said hospital head Jamal Abdul
Naser Akhundzada.
Two of the girls were in critical condition after
the acid was thrown in their faces, he said. Akhundzada quoted the girls as saying that
their assailants were two men on a motorbike.
"This is the punishment for going to school," the men told the girls after pouring the acid on
them, according to Akhundzada. Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial police chief, said police were working very hard to find the attackers.
Acid attacks, poison: What Afghan schoolgirls
risk.