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Acid attack survivors demand ban on online sales after girl targeted in Delhi

Women’s groups and activists call on authorities to toughen laws after two men threw corrosive liquid at a schoolgirl on a street last week

Hundreds of acid attack survivors are demanding stricter laws against the sale of chemicals, after two men on a motorbike threw a corrosive liquid on a 17-year-old girl on her way to school in Delhi last week.

According to investigators, the main attacker, a boy under 18, bought the acid online. The video of the incident captured by a CCTV camera was widely shared and caused outrage in India, leading to a new campaign to tackle online sales.

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