4 Men Arrested in the UK in Connection with Suspected Acid Attack on 3-Year-Old Boy

LONDON—Four men have been arrested after a 3-year-old boy was attacked with a corrosive substance in the UK.

The boy was attacked while sitting in his stroller in a Home Bargains store in Worcester, West Midlands, on Saturday, July 21.

He was left with serious burns on his face and arm although he has now been released from hospital. The long-term implications of his injuries are unknown, West Mercia Police said.

Three men were arrested in London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and are aged 22, 25, and 26, police said.

A 39-year-old man from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands was arrested on Sunday, July 22 on the same charges and is in police custody.

Police said the motive for the attack was “unclear” but they were treating it as a “deliberate act towards the child.”