MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – The wife of Uruguay's football coach, Oscar Tabarez, sustained severe burn injuries after an acid attack, by some unknown persons, near her home in capital city of Montevideo.
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| Oscar Tabarez wife hospitalized after acid attack in Montevideo |
According to details; the Silvia Martinez, 61, was walking on her way to home on Saturday afternoon when two unidentified person riding a motorbike came near her and the rear-seated person throw what police described as a "corrosive liquid" over her and vanished from the scene.
Martinez rushed back home where Tabarez called an ambulance. She was admitted to hospital with burns to 25 per cent of her body, including her face and arms.
Tabarez, who led fourth-ranked Uruguay to the World Cup semi-finals last year, informed the police about attack, but the purpose behind the attack remain mystery - though Martinez told earlier that she had been receiving death threats.
"They didn't steal anything. They threw the liquid while slowing down and then sped off," said Montevideo police spokesman Jose Luis Rondan. "They didn't shove her, or insult her, nothing."
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