A man ran screaming for water into a Kwik Fit garage in north London after thieves threw acid in his face.
The man in his 40s is understood to have been attacked with a noxious substance by men who stole his phone and fled the scene.
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Metropolitan Police, the London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade were are called to the garage in Whetstone around 10.30am this morning.
Binesh Karia, supervisor at the shop, said: We poured water on his face and he kept saying call an ambulance I have been attacked with acid.
We took him into the washroom area and stripped his top off and washed him down with water while police were on their way.
My area manager was the one who called the police while the man never stopped washing his face.
He had to keep rinsing before the acid settled into his skin.
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A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: Police were called at 10:30am on Friday to reports of a noxious substance being thrown at a man in High Road, N12.
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Officers, the London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade attended and found a man, aged in his 40s, suffering from facial injuries.
He has taken to a north London hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
It is understood the victim was approached by two suspects who threw a noxious substance at him before stealing his mobile phone. They then made-off from the scene.
No arrests have been made.
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