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UK: Woman blinded after 'unprovoked' laser attack

Updated on: 19 September,2016 08:45 AM IST  | 
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A 33-year-old woman in the UK has been left blind in one eye after two teenagers targeted her in a laser pen attack. The incident happened as the woman walked under a railway bridge in Clydebank on September 10

UK: Woman blinded after 'unprovoked' laser attack


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London: A 33-year-old woman in the UK has been left blind in one eye after two teenagers targeted her in a laser pen attack. The incident happened as the woman walked under a railway bridge in Clydebank on September 10.


Both boys were described as being white, aged about 14 or 15 and wearing dark-coloured sportswear.


The woman was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment and later reported the incident to police. Detective Sergeant Kevin Mulvenna, of Police Scotland, said: “This was a completely unprovoked and senseless attack. The youth responsible must be caught as soon as possible.”

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