Damn... London Victoria's Secret worker had acid thrown on face by attacker with niqab worn (W/Pics)

Young_Chitlin · February 1

By EMMA REYNOLDS

A Victoria's Secret shop assistant was scarred for life when a mysterious figure wearing a niqab threw acid in her face as she walked home from work. Naomi Oni, 20, was left with severe burns on her head, neck, arms, legs and body after she was attacked in Dagenham, east London.

She has spent the past month having skin grafts and almost went blind, although she has now recovered her vision in her left eye and has partial sight in her right. Her attacker was dressed like a Muslim woman in a niqab, so Ms Oni could not see their face. Police have no idea who was responsible for the vicious attack, or why they did it.

The shop assistant - who is sole carer for her disabled mother Marian Yalekhue, 52 - was making the five-minute journey back to their flat from the bus stop when she heard someone behind her. She had just finished a late shift at the Westfield Stratford store and was on the phone to her boyfriend Ato Owede, 23, at 12.40am.

'I’d been working a late shift and was talking to my boyfriend about what we were going to do for New Year when I saw this Muslim woman wearing a niqab covering her face,' she told the Evening Standard. 'I thought it was a bit strange at that time of night, but she didn’t say anything and I kept on walking. 'Then I felt a splash on my face. It burned and I screamed out. I started running and screaming, holding my face, all the way home. I didn’t look back.

Young_Chitlin · February 1

'I got home and I was screaming and banging on the door. I was hysterical. Luckily my godmother, who is a pharmacist, was at home with my mum and she helped me and kept dipping my face in water and trying to calm me down until the police and ambulance got there. 'I was in shock. Saying: "Who would do that? Who would do that?" How could anyone do this?'.

She has released the shocking images of her disfigured face in an appeal for help to catch the attacker whose identity was concealed behind the Muslim women’s dress which completely covers the face apart from the eyes. Ms Oni decided to speak out after police failed to establish any motive behind the December 30 attack or identify a suspect.

She said the attack had 'destroyed' her life and left her too afraid to venture out or even show her face in public. 'I look in the mirror and it just isn’t me. I’ll never look the same again,' she said. 'I’ve always been outgoing and confident in my job and in my personal life, used to getting attention for the way I dress or my hair, but now I don’t want anyone looking at me.

'I don’t want people to see me in public. I don’t want to get the Tube or the bus. If I have to go to the hospital I take a taxi. 'I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to go back to my job. I was planning to go to college in September to study media and fashion, but I don’t even know if I’ll be able to do that.'

The store assistant has been told she faces months if not years of skin grafts and further plastic surgery and even then is likely to be left with severe facial scarring. She and her mother say they are too afraid to go back to their council flat in Dagenham. They are currently sleeping on a friend’s sofa-bed after turning down the offer to be rehoused in Tottenham on safety grounds.

Ms Oni said she had been inspired by the story of Katie Piper, the model who launched a charity and spoke out publicly after falling victim to an acid attack orchestrated by her boyfriend, but that she would never feel safe with her attacker still at large. 'Even with the support of my family and friends and boyfriend I feel very alone,' she said. 'Nothing is going to be same anymore.'

A Scotland Yard spokesman said acid attacks were 'extremely rare' and that detectives were keeping an 'open mind as to the motive.' Officers from Barking and Dagenham are investigating. No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing.

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Makaveli Joker · February 1

MzGrahamBitches · February 1

omg omg omg...poor thing.

Young_Chitlin · February 1

Go to school, teacher want to fuck the students

Ice Cube prediction was right

kai_valya · February 1

how they know it was a woman under that? it could be anyone. not like you can tell

Darxwell · February 1

That'll teach her to be sexy...

DNB1 · February 1

Lmao...Kat...you a bitch sometimes...

No malice..

bankrupt baller · February 1

it was kai

KingJamal · February 1

Dayum thats fucked up

IamtheVILLE · February 1

damn thought it was moreno. oh well.

Darxwell · February 1

I dont know what lesson that muthafukka was trying to teach. But I sure hope she learned it. LAWD HAM MERCY...

Bitch done fucked around and got Ethered literally. Kids gonna start calling her Scabby

These Moozlums is actin up and these Talibans aint lettin them.

IamtheVILLE wrote: »

damn thought it was moreno. oh well.

If somebody dared fuck up Moreno's face I'd track them down and...well......report them to the proper authorities.

Cant be fightin over these hoes mayne.

Black_Samson · February 1

see.... this religious tolerance shit getting old...

fuck your beliefs, take all that ninja shit off.. the fuck yall think this is?
how you sheep fucking dirt dwellers gon go to another country and impose your religious beliefs on their people?

the fuck is going on rouuund her!!!

Darxwell · February 1

Ayo son...that nigga just called yall sheep fucking dirt dwellers.

Rebuttal?

Law Trafalgar · February 1

Damn shame that i still want to smash.

Already Home_17 · February 1

Lurk_Hinrich wrote: »

MzGrahamBitches wrote: »

omg omg omg...poor thing.

Yet u hit the ether reaction smh...

ether is the most appropriate reaction for this story
no cape'n

Law Trafalgar · February 1

Lurk_Hinrich wrote: »

Vaas wrote: »

Damn shame that i still want to smash.

well the article said the acid was thrown on her face. I'm assuming from the neck down escaped unharmed.

7figz · February 1

... She had just finished a late shift at the Westfield Stratford store and was on the phone to her EX-boyfriend Ato Owede, 23, at 12.40am.

Fixed.

Seriously though, shit look painful.

Gold_Certificate · February 1

Bitch is plump.

The measures taken were necessary.

nawledge_god · February 1

Didn't Click The Spoiler Post

kai_valya · February 1

Black_Samson wrote: »

see.... this religious tolerance shit getting old...

fuck your beliefs, take all that ninja shit off.. the fuck yall think this is?
how you sheep fucking dirt dwellers gon go to another country and impose your religious beliefs on their people?

the fuck is going on rouuund her!!!

what's hilarious is that this shit is not even part of the religion, it's some other shit they done added to the mix

nowhere in the quran does it say you have to wear all that, it doesn't even say you have to cover your head. if you don't believe me, look at pics of muslim countries from the 50s, 60s and 70s, women rarely had their heads covered.

when you go to hajj, which is the holiest place on earth, you have to have your face showing, so what sense does it make that you'd be required to cover your face in every day life?

basically this shit is something created by those in power as a means to control people thru religion

unspoken_respect · February 1

Whoever did it ain't shit

VIBE · February 2

It's art.

Law Trafalgar · February 2

kai_valya wrote: »

Black_Samson wrote: »

see.... this religious tolerance shit getting old...

fuck your beliefs, take all that ninja shit off.. the fuck yall think this is?
how you sheep fucking dirt dwellers gon go to another country and impose your religious beliefs on their people?

the fuck is going on rouuund her!!!

what's hilarious is that this shit is not even part of the religion, it's some other shit they done added to the mix

nowhere in the quran does it say you have to wear all that, it doesn't even say you have to cover your head. if you don't believe me, look at pics of muslim countries from the 50s, 60s and 70s, women rarely had their heads covered.

when you go to hajj, which is the holiest place on earth, you have to have your face showing, so what sense does it make that you'd be required to cover your face in every day life?

basically this shit is something created by those in power as a means to control people thru religion

because some faces invokes temptation

MzGrahamBitches · February 2

Lurk_Hinrich wrote: »

MzGrahamBitches wrote: »

omg omg omg...poor thing.

Yet u hit the ether reaction smh...

Well it was ether.

Could you even imagine?

I hope she's not one of these crazies that threw acid on their own face.

kai_valya · February 2

Vaas wrote: »

kai_valya wrote: »

Black_Samson wrote: »

see.... this religious tolerance shit getting old...

fuck your beliefs, take all that ninja shit off.. the fuck yall think this is?
how you sheep fucking dirt dwellers gon go to another country and impose your religious beliefs on their people?

the fuck is going on rouuund her!!!

what's hilarious is that this shit is not even part of the religion, it's some other shit they done added to the mix

nowhere in the quran does it say you have to wear all that, it doesn't even say you have to cover your head. if you don't believe me, look at pics of muslim countries from the 50s, 60s and 70s, women rarely had their heads covered.

when you go to hajj, which is the holiest place on earth, you have to have your face showing, so what sense does it make that you'd be required to cover your face in every day life?

basically this shit is something created by those in power as a means to control people thru religion

because some faces invokes temptation

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