Salford Acid Attacker Targets Mum and SIX Month old Baby

Police are searching for a man who threw acid at a mother as she walked with her six-month-old baby in Salford, Greater Manchester.

The assault happened at around 2pm on Thursday 22 March as the 29-year-old victim was walking along Broad Street in Pendleton.

As she went into a subway leading to Salford Shopping City the woman heard a man with a British accent make a racist and sexual comment to her before feeling a liquid being thrown on her back.

When she turned to face her assailant she saw a man in his 40s holding what appeared to be a plastic container.

He then threw more of the liquid onto her chest before running away in the direction of Broad Street.

The unnamed woman suffered burns to her chest and back and is now in a stable condition in hospital.

The baby was not injured in the attack.

The man is described as being white, of stocky build, 5ft 10in to 6ft 2in tall, had very short, dark hair and a bald patch at the back.

He had blue eyes, a dimple in his chin and a red mark like a burn on his bottom lip. The attacker also had white peeling skin on his cheek bones and had stubble.

He wore a long sleeved dark grey jumper, black tracksuit bottoms and black Adidas trainers.

A detective from Salford CID said: "Thankfully none of the corrosive liquid hit the baby or went on the victim's face as the incident could have been a lot worse than it already is.

"I would urge anyone who may have seen this man running away from the subway or may have witnessed the attack to contact police as soon as possible." Source

Anyone with information is asked to phone police on 0161 856 5097 or can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.