Lye Burns Man's Face Off in the Bronx

2006_05_chemical.jpgThe co-owner of a fried chicken restaurant was killed in a gruesome fashion: Lye was doused over his face as he was getting ready to open the store. Rehmatullah Azezollah died shortly after the attack, and his partner in a Lincoln Fried Chicken, Abdul Krin, described, "His eye all burned, his eye white, his mouth dry, his skin black" - his face basically melted, along with his clothes. Krin also said that Azezollah did not see his attacker. Azezollah's son, Humayun, has been questioned though not charged with a crime; Humayun had been charged with attacking his father and stealing from the restaurant. There had been other family tensions, as Azezollah wanted to marry a woman from Pakistan without divorcing his wife, Jila (who lived in their Queens home while her husband lived with friends) and Azezollah thought his family was becoming too Americanized. Krin says there were arguments about child support and his friends said that Azezollah was worried about being in danger.

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For a good idea about how lye works watch that scene in "Fight Club" when Brad Pitt's charachter forces Edward Norton's charachter to give up all his inhibitions (the kitchen scene-towrads the end)... lye does not mix with water and its neutralizer is vinegar, which will stop the burning immediately.

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." —Tyler Durden

Fight Club is not a deep film.

What a f***ed up "culture".

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His name was Robert Paulson.

you mean all i have to do is pour lye onto someone and they would die and I would get off scott free cause the lye in untraceable? Man, I sure am not going to get any Lye right now to kill someone. Nope.

What a filled up culture?
What a fizzed up culture?
What a folded up culture?
What a funded up culture?

My crossword-puzzle-solving skills are fucked.

animals! Why! Why always in the Bronx..why!

Must you always act like rabid animals?

I am so SICK! of hearing about barbaric humans killing each other..chopping up their co-workers..throwing their children into walls face first..shooting and hitting random people...throwing acid? why don't you EAT them while your at it!!!!!! no stopping you now!

these people can be the new attration at the zoo...these animals are a disgrace to society and the human race..

pathetic.

"waiting for a rain to come and wash away the scum, the dogs, the c***s"

Number 7: In Xander fashion... "rough day, wanna talk about it?"

And to every one else?

The first rule of fight club is that you do NOT talk about Fight Club.

Second rule is....

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omg i swear to god thats my uncle, if you dont believe me ill show u pictures i took with him. he would also cry wen he came to our house. he owned a $50,000 lincoln navigator. he had a sad life, may Allah be with him

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if u want more info about his life, feel free to ask me at warisaminyv1@yahoo.com

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