08/08/2025
When Yoane Wissa spoke bravely in court after being the victim of an alleged acid attack back in 2021 ๐๐ฃ๏ธ
"I opened a door and had liquid thrown in my face. I screamed and could not breathe. My wife called the emergency services, and they told me to get under the shower to rinse my eyes. At the hospital, they told me my eyes were burned. Someone had to come and rinse them out every hour.
It has been a nightmare. Since then, I panic every time I hear a noise, and the only thing that kept me going was knowing my children are safe. I had surgery on both eyes, and the doctor told me I will need to use eye drops for the rest of my life.
It took me six months before I fully got my sight back. Had I not been treated so quickly, the consequences would have been far worse.
Since that time I have become withdrawn. I can no longer tolerate being around people I don't know.
I don't now express as much love as I used to, and when I'm walking, I instinctively look behind me. And at night, I can no longer get to sleep if I am by myself.
My kids often ask me what I have done to my face, but they are too young for me to tell them what happened. I have been offered an operation, but I have refused, as this is part of my personal history.
My wife and I had to see a psychologist, and she suffered from depression."
