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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Two juveniles have been charged after several slides at a Massachusetts park were doused with acid in this summer and four children were injured, the Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni said.

The juveniles, whose identities cannot be released due to their ages, have been charged with four counts of assault and battery on a child with injury and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon as well as vandalism, Gulluni said. His office did not say whether the pair have been arrested.

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[-] dethb0y@lemmy.world 50 points 8 months ago

that's some real psycho shit right there.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

And the parents need to have a serious talking to as well. This shit is just wrong and often speaks to parents not paying attention.

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

On first reading I thought they had dosed the children with LSD. Was thinking great, now we'll hear about this in Facebook posts and email forwards for years

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Damn, the shady guy in a trench coat offering free drugs was real this whole time!

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

They don't forward that stuff when it is true.

[-] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 27 points 8 months ago

Shouldn’t it be ‘assault and battery acid ‘?

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Follow the exit signs, dad.

[-] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Hey, thanks very much. I’m here all week. Try the fish.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I SAID get OUT! You’re SO EMBARRASSING!

[-] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Don’t worry, when you grow up you’ll make jokes JUST like me.

[-] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

It was actually muriatic acid that had been stolen from a storage area on site.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Often used for pools. ~~It’s not hydrochloric, but~~ it’s still very not great to get on yourself

Edit: I am sorry, I am dumb. They’re more or less the same. Muriatic is basically just hydrochloric with impurities.

[-] Aldehyde@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago

What do you mean it’s not hydrochloric? Both are HCl, right?

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah it’s literally hydrochloric acid.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes; apologies, I am not a chemist, and I forgot that it’s just different names for variants of the same thing.

[-] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

No one proof reads these days.

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 18 points 8 months ago
[-] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 42 points 8 months ago

Stupid autocarrot.

[-] Spyd3r@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Dumb kids, you're supposed to dose acid not douse it.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Glad they were charged, it is what they deserve.

[-] sagrotan@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

"injured" or "confused", there's a fundamental difference.

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