Current:Home > ScamsSo You Think You Can Dance Alum Korra Obidi Stabbed and Attacked With Acid in London -Infinite Edge Capital
So You Think You Can Dance Alum Korra Obidi Stabbed and Attacked With Acid in London
View
Date:2025-04-13 20:51:28
Former So You Think You Can Dance contestant Korra Obidi is recovering from a gruesome attack in London.
"There was a knife," the Nigerian dancer, who competed on the FOX competition series in 2019, shared in an April 11 Instagram video, "acid attack on me in the UK in the middle of a live stream."
In the clip, the 32-year-old was seen being treated by first responders as a yellow knife laid next to her on the pavement. "Guys I'm in the hospital," she wrote in the comments. "Safety with travel is no longer a luxury but necessity. The acid was salicylic and I was lucky. Love you guys."
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told E! News that police were called that afternoon in response to reports of an assault in central London.
"Officers attended and found a woman in her 30s with a cut to her hand and reporting a liquid had been thrown at her face," the spokesperson said. "She was taken to hospital for treatment. The liquid was later confirmed to be a non-noxious cosmetic item."
The statement added, "Another woman left the scene prior to police arrival. An investigation is underway."
Korra's sister Nancy Umeh had called the police to report the incident, which nearly cost the dancer her life.
"They poured acid on my sister's face. They threatened to stab her all over her body. They have stabbed her on her hands just outside her Airbnb in Westminster, London," Nancy shared on her Instagram Story. "I am in Belfast. I left my sister in a secured apartment and somebody waited for my sister in front of her room."
She added, "My sister has a strong and fit person, otherwise now she would have been gone, she would have been unalived. For what?"
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (239)
Related
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Democratic Senator Joe Manchin says he’s been thinking seriously about becoming an independent
- A dancer's killing — over voguing — highlights the dangers Black LGBTQ Americans face
- Suburban Detroit woman says she found a live frog in a spinach container
- Tom Holland's New Venture Revealed
- Iran transfers 5 Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in step toward deal for full release
- A Georgia teacher wants to overturn her firing for reading a book to students about gender identity
- A Georgia teacher wants to overturn her firing for reading a book to students about gender identity
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years
Ranking
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- Man cited for animal neglect after dog dies in triple-digit heat during Phoenix hike
- Da'vian Kimbrough, 13, becomes youngest pro soccer player in U.S. after signing with the Sacramento Republic
- Two men, woman die trying to rescue dog from cistern in Texas corn field
- Most popular books of the week: See what topped USA TODAY's bestselling books list
- Wisconsin judge allows civil case against fake Trump electors to proceed
- Suburban Detroit woman says she found a live frog in a spinach container
- Family of Henrietta Lacks files new lawsuit over cells harvested without her consent
Recommendation
Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
2 men connected to Alabama riverfront brawl turn themselves in
Last of 6 men convicted in Wisconsin paper mill death granted parole
Rachel Morin Case: Police Say She Was the Victim of Violent Homicide
Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
Mason Crosby is kicking from boat, everywhere else to remind NFL teams he still has it
Beer in Britain's pubs just got cheaper, thanks to changes in the alcohol tax
Summer camp in California gives Jewish children of color a haven to be different together