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A 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN is recovering after she was attacked with acid outside a bank in Rio Claro on the afternoon of August 11.

Police said the victim, of Agostini Road, Ecclesville in Rio Claro, was standing near Scotiabank on Naparima Mayaro Road shortly before 4 pm on August 11 when a man approached her with an object in his hand and threw a liquid onto her face.

The liquid caused an immediate burning sensation to her eyes, face and lips.