Woman suffers acid attack in Prague

An unknown attacker threw acid into the face of a 50-year-old woman in Prague’s Michle district early on Tuesday, the ctk news agency reported. The incident happened in a lift and the attacker managed to escape unnoticed. The woman was rushed to hospital with severe facial burns. A similar incident took place in the city of Plzen last November, where a man attacked his ex-girlfriend in a similar manner. He was charged after nine months and now awaits trial in custody.