White Plains Native Injured In French Acid Attack

WHITE PLAINS, NY — One of the four American college students attacked with acid in France is a White Plains native. Michelle Krug, a White Plains High School graduate and a currently a junior at Boston College, was attacked at a Marseille train station Sunday, according to lohud.com.

French authorities have said that they don’t think extremist views were the motivating forces of the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as the alleged assailant. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

On Facebook, Krug said that she and her friends are doing OK.

“To fill in those who have not heard, three of my friends and I were attacked this morning at a Marseille train station by a woman suffering from a mental illness. She threw a weak solution of hydrochloric acid at us from a water bottle, which go in one of my eyes and one of the friend’s eyes. We were all treated at a local hospital and are anticipating a quick recovery,” she wrote.

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Krug asked her friends and family to think about praying for the woman who attacked them.

“Mental illness is not a choice and should not be villainized,” she wrote.

The other students involved in the attack are also juniors at Boston College.

They were identified as Courtney Siverling, Charlotte Kaufman and Kelsey Korsten.

Photo by Claude Paris/Associated Press.