潑酸

潑酸是一種暴力攻擊形式^[1][2]，涉及將酸或類似腐蝕性物質投擲到另一個人的身體上，意圖毀容、致殘、折磨或殺害的行為^[3]。這些攻擊的肇事者向受害者投擲腐蝕性液體，通常是在他們的臉上，可導致永久性、部分或完全失明^[4]。在這些攻擊中使用的最常見的酸類型是硫酸和硝酸，有時使用鹽酸^[5]。

一名遭潑酸的柬埔寨人

參考來源

1. Karmakar, R.N. Forensic medicine and toxicology 3rd. Kolkata, India: Academic Publishers. 2010. ISBN 9788190908146.
2. Man who threw acid at woman blames 2 others. Los Angeles Times. 1992-03-19 [2016-04-20]. （原始內容存檔於2018-10-01）.
3. CASC. Breaking the silence: addressing acid attacks in Cambodia (PDF). Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (CASC). 2010-05 [2016-04-03]. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2013-12-19）.
4. Swanson, Jordan. Acid attacks: Bangladesh's efforts to stop the violence. Harvard Health Policy Review (Harvard Internfaculty Initiative in Health Policy). Spring 2002, 3 (1): 3 [2018-10-01]. （原始內容存檔於2006-01-17）.
5. Welsh, Jane. "It was like burning in hell": A comprehensive exploration of acid attack violence (PDF). Carolina Papers on International Health (Center for Global Initiatives, University of North Carolina). 2006, 32 [2016-04-03]. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2013-01-21）.