Long Island acid attack: Woman doused in face in ’heinous’ attack

Police on Long Island have been on the hunt for a man who threw an acidic liquid in the face of a 21-year-old woman outside her home in March, a “heinous“ attack that left her severely burned and nearly blind. Authorities said the woman was walking in the driveway of her Elmont home the night of March 17 when the unknown man came up behind her carrying a cup full of a dark-colored, hazardous substance. He splashed in her face with the liquid, causing serious injuries to her face and eyes, police said. A GoFundMe campaign set up for the victim identified her as Hofstra University student Nafiah Fatima and said the substance caused severe burns to her face, eyes, chest and hands.