Woman suffers serious burns on her scalp from chemical attack in Spain
A 31-year-old woman in Spain suffered serious burns on her scalp when a stranger who said he was delivering flowers slapped a chemical-filled hat on her head in front of her 8-year-old son, according to a report.
Marcela Tascon was at her home in Valencia when the man stopped by on a recent morning saying she had received a gift, according to The Sun.
She observed him through a video monitor connected to her building’s entrance, the news outlet reported, citing the Spanish newspaper Levante EMV.
“Once at the door of my house, and in front of my 8-year-old son, he threw the flowers at my feet, called me a ‘son of a b—‘ and pulled the hat over my head,” Tascon told Newsflash.
“He ran away, my son was shouting and I rushed to the bathroom to clean up my head and asked my son to call the police or friends,” she added.
The woman was rushed to a hospital with second-degree burns from the “abrasive” substance used in the attack, according to The Sun.
Tascon, who is originally from Colombia, said: “The doctor told me that this kind of attack is very common in Colombia, where it is called ‘doing the shampoo.'”
“It is commonly ordered by jealous wives after finding out their husbands had cheated on them or because they envy the other women,” she said.
Tascon, who owns a beauty clinic, said she had received suspicious calls from a woman with a Colombian accent.
The woman recently called to make an appointment in her beauty salon and asked for the location, which is in Tascon’s building.
“Two weeks later, I saw a suspicious man in my building holding a mobile phone and I asked neighbors if they were expecting a visitor,” Tascon told Newsflash.
On July 23, she received a call from who she believed to be the same woman asking if she could come in for a treatment. Minutes later, the man with flowers showed up.
Tascon said she suspects the man was hired for the attack but refused to comment further, citing the ongoing police investigation.
No arrests have been made so far, according to the report.
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