evidence: In the BBC Radio 4 documentary Vitriolic, journalist Ayshea Buksh meets victims of acid attacks who have been scarred for life and had to undergo major surgery in their long recovery. Here she looks at the complex picture behind the rise in attacks. [...] Globally the majority of acid attack victims are still female – the assaults often resulting from men exercising coercive control or exacting revenge. But here in the UK the increase in attacks involve men against men. One of those victims from that night in east London tells me he is now scared to go out at night, but not scared to speak out.