PHOTO: Victim currently nursing her wounds
By Charles Gbayor, maorethason1997@gmail.com
HARPER, Liberia- A young woman is currently trying to recover from an acid attack allegedly meted out against her by her boyfriend in the southeastern Maryland County.
A 31-year-old man identified as Emmanuel Howard has been arrested by the Police in Harper for allegedly pouring acid water on his fiancée.
The incident recently occurred in Philadelphia Community in the suburbs of Harper City, and the man is currently in jail after being charged by police sent to court.
Suspect Howard was arrested and sent to the Police Woman and Children division for allegedly pouring acid water on his 22-year-old girlfriend during the night hours.
Following the incident, which happened May 13, 2022, parents of the victim alerted the Women and Children Protection Section of the Liberia National Police that their daughter had been attacked with acid water.
Suspect Emmanuel Howard
The parents of the victim told the Police that the incident happened during the night hours on Friday, May 12, 2022, when the couple got into a fistfight, which eventually led the boyfriend to pour acid water on her.
This situation has reportedly claimed the attention of several residents of the county.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Police Women and Children Protection Division in Maryland, Officer Leona Gaye Kangar told this Reporter that the victim is at the James Jenkins Dossen hospital, receiving medication, while Suspect Emmanuel Howard is in Police custody undergoing investigation.
Meanwhile, a similar situation has happened in Zone#2 community, Pleebo, Maryland County.