Acid attack hospitalises local chief

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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

A local official was seriously injured in an acid attack in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district on Saturday, with those accused of carrying out the attack still at large, police said yesterday.

The chief of Russey Keo district police, Colonel Teang Chansam, said that 67-year-old Nhim Sophath, who has been chief of Boeung Salang village since 1985, was attacked while he was exercising in front of his house early on Saturday morning. According to Chansam, reports from the victim and his wife indicate that the perpetrators were two unidentified young men who drove by on a motorcycle.

“The suspects threw acid on his face while he was walking on the road,” he said. “The suspects then escaped immediately from the scene.” He added that following the attack neighbours came to Sophath’s aid and along with his wife, who was sleeping inside their house at the time, took him to Calmette Hospital for treatment.

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