Doctor says acid victim’s wounds are ’10 times worse than Formosa Fun Coast explosion’
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/07
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A little more than three weeks since the horrific acid attack
CCTV footage of Hsieh (Lt.) fleeing Chang (Rt.). (By Central News Agency)
perpetrated in front of a dorm at National Taiwan University (NTU), the main victim is suffering greatly with burns so severe that his entire upper body has been blackened and his facial features are difficult to distinguish, according to an anonymous physician who spoke to China Times.
According to the physician, the acid has charred his skin black and caused it and even his muscle to rot and desiccate. Describing his condition as “10 times worse than the Formosa Fun Coast explosion,” a dust explosion that injured 508 and killed 15, the doctor says that he is unable to eat on his own and must be fed by a tube.
The 23-year-old victim of the attack, and male National Taiwan University student surnamed Hsieh (謝), suffered burns to 60 percent of his body, including his back, arms, neck, and most seriously, his retinas, when he was splashed with sulfuric acid in a dispute over an apparent breakup that took place in the lobby of a student dormitory. Hsieh has undergone a number of procedures to debride damaged tissue and treat his eyes. [FULL STORY]
The assailant, a male 25-year-old National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) surnamed Chang (張), allegedly splashed bottles full of sulfuric acid on Hsieh out of an apparent dispute over their breakup as a couple. After being splashed with the caustic substance, Hsieh immediately tried to escape from Chang, who chased him outside the dorm carrying a knife. Chang then sliced his neck with a knife and then doused it with the remaining acid, ending his life in gruesome fashion in a massive pool of his own blood.
