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Dalston 'acid attack': Four charged after revellers 'squirted with noxious substance' near nightclub | London Evening Standard

Four men have been changed over an alleged “acid attack” on a group revellers near a nightclub in Hackney.

Dalston 'acid attack': Four charged after revellers 'squirted with noxious substance' near nightclub | London Evening Standard
Dalston 'acid attack': Four charged after revellers 'squirted with noxious substance' near nightclubPolice investigation: Officers on the scene of the attack in DalstonSupplied

Four men have been changed over an alleged “acid attackon a group revellers near a nightclub in Hackney.

Three men, aged 17, 22 and 27, were injured after a noxious substance was thrown over them in Dalston in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Their injuries are not life threatening however it is not known if they will be life changing, police said.

The victims had congregated on Shacklewell Lane when what police described as a “large altercation” occurred in which the substance was used.

'Acid' attack: Police at the scene in DalstonSupplied

On Wednesday, Serkan Kiziltan, 21, from Hackney, was charged with grievous bodily harm and violent disorder.

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And three more suspects - Turgut Adakan, 22, Mehmet Tekagac, 29, and Onur Ardic, 26 – were, on Saturday, charged with GBH, robbery and violent disorder at Thames Magistrates Court.

Kiziltan is due to appear at Wood Green Crown Court on Wednesday, June 6.

Adakan, of East Ham, Newham, Tekagac, and Ardic, both of Hackney, are due to appear at Wood Green Crown Court on a date to be confirmed.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the assault and have appealed to anyone with information to call the Metropolitan Police.

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The attack came during a weekend of violence in the capital.

Rhyhiem Ainsworth Barton was gunned down in Kennington less than 24 hours before two other teenage boys - one aged just 13 - were shot in broad daylight in Wealdstone, Harrow.

A 43-year-old man was stabbed following a dispute in Perivale, north-west London.

Two men, aged 22 and 27, and a 17-year-old boy suffered “life-changing” injuries after being attacked with a “noxious substance” in Hackney in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday.

Anyone with information is asked to call Hackney CID on 07825 793 215 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.