> In the UK, attacks appear to be on the rise. Five hundred people have been injured or threatened with acid since 2012.<p>Talk about burying the lede! That sentence is 80% of the way through the article! I was curious how much of an increase that was, and other articles put it at a doubling over the past decade.[1] That's crazy.<p>1. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/30/acid-attack-hospital-admissions-have-almost-doubled-in-last-10-years" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/30/acid-attack-h...</a>