Wednesday Jan 23, 2008
AEDT
A three-year-old Cambodian girl has died after being doused with acid while sleeping with her grandmother, who was also severely burned in the attack, local media have said.
Relatives suspect the unidentified person who carried out the assault is the jealous wife of a man who works with a female member of the child's family, the English-language Cambodia Daily reported.
Immediately after the January 16 attack, the pair were rushed to a provincial hospital some 100 kilometres from their home in southern Cambodia.
But the child, Thai Tim, died the following morning as family members were trying to negotiate the cost of transporting her to a larger hospital in the capital Phnom Penh, the Cambodia Daily said.
Her grandmother, Thorm Saroeun, suffered burns to 30 percent of her body, the report said.
Acid attacks, while decreasing in recent years, are still a common form of revenge in Cambodia, often committed by jilted lovers.
AEDT
A three-year-old Cambodian girl has died after being doused with acid while sleeping with her grandmother, who was also severely burned in the attack, local media have said.
Relatives suspect the unidentified person who carried out the assault is the jealous wife of a man who works with a female member of the child's family, the English-language Cambodia Daily reported.
Immediately after the January 16 attack, the pair were rushed to a provincial hospital some 100 kilometres from their home in southern Cambodia.
But the child, Thai Tim, died the following morning as family members were trying to negotiate the cost of transporting her to a larger hospital in the capital Phnom Penh, the Cambodia Daily said.
Her grandmother, Thorm Saroeun, suffered burns to 30 percent of her body, the report said.
Acid attacks, while decreasing in recent years, are still a common form of revenge in Cambodia, often committed by jilted lovers.
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