Young woman has face slashed in afternoon attack
Gardaí in Cork city are investigating an attack in which a woman in her 20s had her face slashed.
A man approached the woman parking her car on Friar Street yesterday afternoon and slashed her face a number of times with what is thought to have been a Stanley knife.
The woman underwent emergency surgery at Cork University Hospital for what are being described as "horrific injuries".
Detectives have begun scanning CCTV footage to try and identify the attacker.
Gardaí believe the woman was deliberately targeted.
