Humilhar, xingar e controlar financeiramente são outros abusos comuns contra a mulher

Aniso Abdulkadir said she was attacked and her friend was spat on at Baker Street station.

A former Miss Italy finalist who was the victim of an acid attack, has returned to work at the aquarium where she trains sea lions. Gessica Notaro received severe burns to her face in January when she was doused in hydrochloric acid. Her ex-boyfriend, Jorge Edson Tavares, is being prosecuted for the attack, although he has strenuously denied any involvement.

Teen model Shonali Khatun strutted the catwalk as the audience cheered at a fashion show in Bangladesh's capital. But Shonali is no ordinary model, and this was no ordinary show. She and the 14 other models are survivors of acid attacks, common in this south Asian country, where spurned lovers or disgruntled family members sometimes resort to hurling skin-burning acid at their victims.

A young Pakistani woman had her skin burned off in a brutal acid attack for turning down a marriage proposal. Saima Mehmood, 21, from North Karachi, had acid thrown in her face as punishment for refusing to marry a suitor, leaving her with horrific injuries.

A “bag of vomit” was reportedly been thrown at a car carrying two Muslim women in Blackburn.

What is leading to the rise in acid attacks in the UK and what can be done to stop them from happening?

Crimes desse tipo mais do que duplicaram na Inglaterra desde 2012, de acordo com estatísticas da polícia; maioria dos casos aconteceu em Londres