Two New York City teenagers have been arrested after police say they tossed scalding hot water in a man's face.
The NYPD says 19-year-old Franklyn Rosario and Damien Arias were arrested on assault charges Thursday.
The incident happened Sunday evening on West Kingsbridge Road in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx.
Police said Rosario and Arias began chatting with the 50-year-old male victim before attacking him.
The 50-year-old man, whose identity wasn't immediately released but whom people in the neighborhood said was a panhandler, was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his face.
Rosario and Arias were being held in police custody Thursday night. It wasn't immediately clear if either had an attorney who could comment on the allegations.
A witness who called 911 told NBC 4 New York on Monday the victim's skin was peeling off after the attack.
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"The guy come, he say he need somebody to call ambulance for him," said Simba Soumba.
Law enforcement sources had said surveillance video from a check-cashing store shows the victim panhandling in front of the business before the attack.
The sources said at least one of the suspects may have offered the victim money before leading him around the corner to an area with less traffic, where he was ambushed and beaten before hot water was thrown in his face.
