unless she had a history of severe mental illness, like was institutionalized type level, she did not do that to herself

ms_wonderland wrote: i dont know whether she did it to herself or not but people have done far stranger things and the exact same thing so i wouldn't dismiss the notion so easily.

Thank you

Everyone is acting as if it would never be done

This can be argued both ways, on one hand I find it hard to believe that any normal person would do this to herself and on the other hand people have been known to do crazy things for attention.
Either way, I hope they don't conclude the investigation solely on the fact that she googled acid attacks cause it could just be a coincidence.

Addicted19034 wrote: Very suspicious she would be googling about acid before it happened to her

wouldnt be the first time people have been prophetic about events that then happen to them

Edited by afrokock - Feb 25 2013 at 3:05am

BREAKING NEWS: Police investigating acid attack on Victoria's Secret worker arrest man and woman on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm

• A woman, 21, and man, 28, have been arrested after attack on Naomi Oni
• She suffered horrific burns to her face, arm, leg and head in the attack
  
• The 20-year-old claimed she was attacked by a woman in an Islamic niqab
  
• She was in hospital for almost a month following the incident in December
  
• She is understood to have searched for material on burns victim Katie Piper
  
• 'Saying that I’d done it made me so angry and really hurts,' she said today
  
• Her boyfriend Ato Owede has dismissed the police's suspicions as 'crazy'

By Martin Robinson

PUBLISHED: 11:50 GMT, 25 February 2013 | UPDATED: 12:45 GMT, 25 February 2013

Police have arrested two people after a Victoria's Secret worker was left with horrific burns when acid was thrown in her face

A 21-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man were held on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm to Naomi Oni, 20, who was attacked in Dagenham, Essex, on December 30.

Naomi spent a month in a burns unit and has been left partially blinded from what she claimed was an unprovoked assault by a woman wearing an Islamic niqab.

The part-time model said she feared an unknown enemy was 'out to kill her' and wanted to die when she first saw the way her face had been disfigured.

The man and woman arrested over the weekend have been released on bail, as it emerged that police were also probing whether Miss Oni may have inflicted the injuries on herself.

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Speaking today she said she was 'hurt and angry' that she was being accused of attacking herself.

'I’ve only just come out of hospital after having surgery on my eye. To see this story saying that I’d done it made me so angry and really hurts,' she told the Evening Standard.

'There’s no way I would have done this to myself. I want the person who did this to be caught.'

Scotland Yard today said they had tracked down some witnesses to the attack, but there were others in the area that night that could also help.

'Police would like to speak with a potential witness who got on the Route 368 Bus at Barking railway station and got off at Lodge Avenue at around 0045hrs on December 30,' a statement added.

'He is described as a black man, around 20 to 30 years, 5'5" in height and of medium build, wearing a black jacket and a black hooded top with blue jeans.'

Police said yesterday they were also investigating whether the attack may have been self-inflicted after they seized her computer and found she had searched websites about acid attacks before she suffered her injuries.

She is believed to have researched Katie Piper, a model who became famous for her bravery after she had sulphuric acid thrown in her face by an ex-boyfriend in 2008.

Miss Oni said she is 'really upset' about the allegation. Her family have accused the police of not doing enough to catch the true perpetrator and wasting time by instead focusing on a 'crazy' line of enquiry.

Miss Oni was severely scarred on December 30 following a shift working at lingerie store Victoria's Secret at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford, East London.

She said she was getting off a bus close to her home in Dagenham, Essex, at around 12.40am when she noticed a woman in traditional Muslim clothing, which covered all but her eyes, 'coldly' staring at her from behind.

She then felt something being thrown at her, she added. 'Before I could feel it burning, I just knew it was acid. I thought, OK, someone is out to kill me.'

Miss Oni suffered horrific burns to her face, leg, arm and head. She lost her hair and eyelashes in the incident and has undergone several operations since.

Doctors had initially feared that she would be permanently blinded but following intensive treatment at a specialist burns unit, she recovered sight in her left eye and partial sight in her right eye.

Miss Oni's story was first reported earlier this month after she went public in a bid to help police find her attacker.

She made an emotional appearance on ITV's This Morning, for a reported fee of £3,000.

'I don't want people to see me in public. I don't want to get the Tube or the bus. If I have to go to the hospital, I take a taxi,' she said. 'I have no clue why someone would do this to me.'

Her case attracted much sympathy and top American cosmetic surgeon Cap Lesesne offered to operate on her for free.

The incident has caused considerable concern near her home and she and her mother have moved out temporarily for fear of further attacks.

Far right groups, such as the English Defence League, have used the attack to criticise Muslims.

By the time she appeared on television, police had reportedly sought to retrieve Miss Oni's laptop computer, which was handed over by her disabled mother, Marian Yalekhue.