Acid burns child of S.A. editor
J NZPA-Reuter East London The youngest child of ! the banned newspaper edij tor, Donald Woods, has ‘ had to have medical treat- '! ment after putting on a l | T-shirt impregnated with ’ acid and sent anonymously i to the family. The T-shirt was one of two child-size ones carry- !; ing pictures of the dead black leader, Mr Steve ' Biko, which arrived in a j! parcel at the Wood’s home ! in East London. ' Mr Woods, editor of the East London “Daily Dispatch” and now living under a Government banu ning order, was a close ; friend of Mr Biko. An inquest into Mr Biko’s death in police detention is being held in Pretoria. Mary Woods, aged five, put on one of the T-shirts, which burned her eyes and produced a purple rash on her face, shoulders and arms. “She was screaming with the pain,” said her i sister, Jane, aged 14. A doctor treated Mary’s ! eyes with an oil solution ; and later the child was re- ; ported to be sleeping peacefully. The doctor said it appeared Mary would ■ suffer no permanent harm.
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Press, 26 November 1977, Page 8
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