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Police officers in London have been 1,000 special kits to with acid attacks. This is because the number of crimes using acid on London's streets has been . Two weeks ago, criminals acid in the faces of people to them of their motorbikes. There were five different acid attacks on just one night. The number of crimes involving acid or other dangerous substances has more than in London over the past three years. A leading plastic surgeon today the number of patients he for acid attacks has "epidemic" levels in London. Professor Peter Dziewulski said there had an "explosion" of cases involving acid since the start of last year.

Rapid response police cars will now the 1,000 acid attack response kits. The kits protective clothing and five-litre bottles of water. This police officers to immediate treatment to victims sprayed with acid. Experts have the rise in acid attacks could be because of a crackdown on knives and guns. Street gangs are now acid instead because it is easy to buy and easy to in soda bottles. Police spokesman Mike West spoke about acid attacks. He said: "These are life-changing injuries." He added: "I confident that we are stepping up our response to this crime and we are for a safer way to some of the substances on the streets."