Teen Charged With Throwing Acid On Two Children
A 13-year-old boy in Chicago has been charged with battery after police state that he allegedly poured acid on the head of two other children.
According to published reports, the unnamed teenager allegedly pored the sulfuric acid on 11-year-old , Nala Armstrong and 10-year-oldAdrian Bennett while they were playing in the grass below.
In police reports, the teen states that he did not mean to pour acid on the kids, instead he thought that he was pouring water. Police disagree stating that the boy used the cleaning agent Black Swan Zap drain cleaner, which clearly is not marked as water.
The two children suffered burns to their heads, necks and arms and the mother of one the children states that the chemical was so powerful that it “melted the little girl’s jewelry into her wrist.”
“She’s got burns to her head, face, chest and legs, her bracelet even melted into her wrist,”said Nala’s mother. “The chemical left black marks on [the little boy’s] back.”
Although authorities feel that the act was deliberate, the boy’s aunt states that it was an accident.
“He didn’t do it intentionally, he kicked it over and it spilled below into the kids,” she says.
