9 years ago
Thursday, February 7, 2013
'I'm not angry with my attacker. I just want to know why they did it'
The young victim of an acid attack that left her partially blind and scarred for life has revealed she is not angry at her attacker, but is desperate to understand why she was attacked.
Naomi Oni, 20, suffered horrific burns to her face, leg, arm and head and was left partially blinded after a person in a niqab threw acid over her as she returned to her home in Dagenham following a shift working at the Victoria's Secret store in Stratford Westfield.
Naomi, who also lost her hair and eyelashes in the attack, has undergone multiple operations and skin grafts to repair the damage to her skin, hair and eyes.
But now, with the attacker still at large, Naomi has appeared on This Morning to say she wants to know who her attacker was - and why they targeted her.
'After the attack I asked "why me?" I work so hard, I'm a good person. I was shouting all sorts of things.
'I started to question so many things. Am I a bad person? I don't argue, I don't like confrontation. Being an only child I shy away from it. I like to keep myself to myself in my own little corner.'
Demonstrating extraordinary bravery, Naomi told Philip Schofield on today's show that the attack had changed her. 'I feel blessed to be alive,' she says, fighting back tears.
'I'm the same personality but stronger.
'I want to say to my attacker, "you can burn my skin but you can't burn my soul". They may have burnt my face but me as a person, they can't hurt me.'
Before the attack, Naomi says she was a 'girly' girl. 'I took three hours to get ready,' she said. 'I was bubbly, friendly. I can be shy and reserved but I was a lovely person.'
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