Published
Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 09:53
- Police evacuated the London Fields venue in the early hours of April 17th.
Metropolitan police say at least 12 people were burned in an acid attack in East London venue Mangle E8 on Sunday night.
About 600 people were evacuated from the London Fields venue in the early hours of Monday, April 17th, while a Lovejuice Warehouse Party was taking place. Ten people were taken to hospital to be treated for minor burns, with another two hospitalised later. None of the injuries were life-threatening. Police, who are investigating the incident, believe one man threw acid at two other men during an altercation.
"The only information that we have is that it was an unknown corrosive substance thrown within the nightclub," said a London Fire Brigade spokesperson. "It was identified by a PH paper test as a strong acidic substance."
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