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[1] First a manhunt is continuing here in the UK for the suspect of an apparent acid attack outside a school in West London. A 14-year-old girl was left with what has been described as potentially life changing injuries, while two other people were also injured in that attack.
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[2] What we know is that the suspect reportedly fled the scene in Westborne park on an e-scooter on Monday afternoon.
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[3] We have little other details I bringing, Sky Alice Porter who joins me now, from the school where the attack took place.
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[4] And Alice, we haven't really known much over the past few days, but what we do know is that this manhunt is underway.
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[5] Yes, that's right, it's two days on from the suspected acid attack and no arrests have yet been made⁽¹⁾. What we are starting to hear is a little bit more from the father of one of the victims, Corey McFarlane who is a father of the 14-year-old girl, who sustained a number of injuries from the suspected acid attack now.
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[6] She's currently in hospital what is believed to be with life changing injuries, now her father has spoken out, saying "She is traumatized by what has happened to her and she's worried that she may well be scarred for life."
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[7] Now he has set up a GoFundMe page and he's trying to get about £99,000 in donations to go towards her recovery her rehabilitation, both psychological and physical, and he's anticipating this been very much along road ahead of him.
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[8] And it was very much here where I'm standing right now where the 14-year-old girl in question she come out of Westminster Academy her school, and she come out and was speaking to a 16-year-old boy who wasn't at the school.
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[9] And it was then that an individual on an e-scooter, an individual who we don't believe had any relationship to the two teenagers.
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[10] This man came to by on an e-scooter and threw a substance which was believed to be acidic on the two teenagers.
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[11] Now we've heard that a teacher came out of the school, and tried to support the two teenagers, but unfortunately also suffered injuries herself.
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[12] She has been discharged from hospital, but the two teenagers remain in hospital, and the police are urging anyone with information to come forward.
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[13] This happened at about half past 4 on Monday, a busy time, this is a busy road, and police are asking anyone with dashcam footage to come forward, so they could try and find out who was resp responsible for this horrific attack.