Malaysia Football Star Suffers Acid Attack Days After Assault On Teammate

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Malaysia Football Star Suffers Acid Attack Days After Assault On Teammate

A Malaysian national footballer suffered second-degree burns after he was splashed with acid in an attack at a shopping mall over the weekend, a sports official has said. National team player Faisal Halim was burned on the neck, shoulder, hands and chest during the attack Sunday in Petaling Jaya district outside the capital Kuala Lumpur, according to Najwan Halimi, a sports official in Selangor state. Faisal, 26, is a winger at the Selangor Foot…