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Acid Attack Survivor Samir Hussain Speaks Out

He received third degree burns to one side of his face.

"My first thought was why me? I hadn't done anything wrong. At the same time [as] a searing amount of pain."

Acid attacks have recently doubled in the UK. Samir Hussain, a victim of one of these unprovoked acid attacks, tells Vice about his physical and emotional scars.