It took nearly five years for authorities to arrest the man they say threw acid on a young Long Island woman’s face in an ambush attack, leaving her disfigured and traumatized.
A month after announcing that development, a law enforcement source says they’ve made another arrest. It wasn’t clear how the individual might be connected to the Brooklyn man charged in mid-February in the woman’s case.
The suspect is expected to appear in a Nassau County courtroom later Tuesday. The district attorney’s office has scheduled a press conference for after that hearing.
Nafiah Ikram’s nightmare unfolded in Elmont in March 2021, when an unknown assailant threw acid in her face, prompting years of facial reconstructive surgeries.
Surveillance video captured the night when Ikram, then 21 years old, had finished a shift at CVS and was returning home when the suspect ran up and poured acid on her face.
Although she can’t forget the past, Ikram remains focused on her recovery and the progress she’s made after countless surgeries on her eye, nose, and skin.
“I can talk, my mouth is better, my voice is better, I can eat better,” she reflected in 2024.
More details on the second arrest are expected later Tuesday.
It’s been one year since a Long Island college student was attacked with acid in front of her home. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
