LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- London police said on Friday that they had arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and robbery after five acid attacks have been reported in the city.
The Metropolitan police said in a statement that the teenager is currently in custody at an east London police station.
The spate of acid attacks came after corrosive substances were thrown in people's faces in five attacks across north-east London.
Two men on a moped carried out the attacks over 90 minutes in Hackney, Stoke Newington and Islington on Thursday night, the statement said.
One of the victims suffered "life-changing injuries" as was described by the police.
The assaults occurred amid increasing concern about the drastic rise in acid attacks in the city.
Local media said that since 2010 there have been more than 1,800 reports of attacks involving corrosive fluids in the capital. Last year, it was used in 458 crimes, compared to 261 in 2015, according to police figures.
