12 injured in 'acid attack' in London

Twelve people were injured when a corrosive substance was thrown inside a packed London nightclub yesterday, police and fire services said, amid a sharp rise in acid attacks in the British capital. A London Fire Brigade spokesman told AFP an "unknown corrosive substance" was thrown in Mangle, a club in east London, in the early hours yesterday. It was identified as "acidic substance" from testing, he said.