ISLAMABAD // Police in Pakistan arrested a woman for allegedly throwing acid on a man who refused to marry her.
Local police official Bashir Ahmed said on Friday the attack took place a day before, in the Mukhdoom Rashid neighbourhood of Multan, central Pakistan.
Mr Ahmed identified the woman as 32-year-old Monil Mai.
He said Ms Mai is already married and wanted her boyfriend Sadaqat Ali to marry her so that she could divorce her husband.
Mr Ahmed said Mr Ali is being treated in hospital in Multan, in Punjab province.
It is not uncommon for women in Pakistan to be victims of acid attacks and other “honour crimes.” It is rarer, however, for women to carry out such violence against men.
* Associated Press
