A Guyanese woman was among at least four persons rushed to the hospital in Tortola, British Virgin Islands yesterday after a masked intruder walked into a beauty salon and sprayed them with a substance suspected to be some sort of acid.
According to reports from Tortola, Guyanese hairdresser Candy Harris was the target of the attack, which occurred some time between 10 am and 11 am at a salon in the Chevelle Centre at Road Town, Tortola. Another hairdresser, Dorcia Peters, was believed to be seriously affected by the substance which also burned two other persons. All four were taken to the Peebles Hospital, Road Town, Tortola.
According to eyewitnesses, the salon had
