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Acid attack victim calls for justice
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Sewanhaka alum Ikram burned two years ago by unknown assailant BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z More than two years have passed since Sewanhaka alum Nafiah Ikram had acid thrown in her face, but the unknown assailant has not been arrested and still remains at large. Ikram was the victim of an acid attack outside her Elmont home in March 2021. The acid caused Ikram to scream, which resulted in the liquid spreading to her mouth, according to a GoFundMe page to help pay for the various medical procedures she needed. Her tongue and throat were burned as a result of the attack, which also left her with burns and scars on her face, according to the page. Ikram and her family last week renewed their calls for justice and implored the community to provide police with any information on the attacker. “I constantly have this fear of this happening to me again or reliving it,” Ikram said in a news conference outside her house. Ikram ran into the house, where her parents attempted to help her, but the acid burned her parents’ arms and
hands as well, the page said. The acid caused “severe burning” on Ikram’s eyes, chest and arms, according to the post. She was also wearing contact lenses, which were melted to her eyes as a result of the acid. “Two years have passed by and, unfortunately, that’s why it feels like nothing has been done becuase it’s like my sight is still not there.” Ikram’s mother, Sherina Mohamed, was walking into the house with her daughter that March night and urged anyone with information to “be a human being” and come forward to help bring the acid thrower to justice. Ikram, who lost more than 10 pounds in 10 days after her eighth surgery, said she will not feel fully safe until the attacker is caught. “I am a rock, but like all the rocks in the world, it’s gradually fading away,” Mohamed said last week. “That’s what is happening with us.” The attacker, police said, was about 6-foot-2 with a skinny build who wore a black hooded sweatshirt and gloves before fleeing the area in a red 2013Continued on Page 34
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Searingtown Elementary School recently unveiled its new playground.
Second school official targeted by activists BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z An email to Manhasset School District officials called for an investigation into the assistant superintendent for curriculum after he made
statements to a journalist associated with the far-right Project Veritas site about diversity, equity and inclusion. The email, signed by “Manhasset Parents.” was sent from the email address “ManhassetParents@
proton.me.” Efforts to reach the sender’s to verify their identity were unavailing. Donald Gately, who was hired by the district in 2022 to also oversee Continued on Page 35
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