Amber Rudd Announces Ban on Selling Acid to Under-18s

Britain Announces Ban on Selling Acid to Under-18s

Britain's Home Secretary, Amber Rudd delivers her speech on the third day of the Conservative Party annual conference at the Manchester Central Convention Centre in Manchester on Oct. 3, 2017. Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

The government will ban under 18s from buying acid, Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

It follows a spate of acid attacks in London in recent months.