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A woman was hospitalized with chemical burns after an unknown man poured a corrosive liquid on her in Savannah's Forsyth Park.

The Savannah Police Department, FBI, and ATF are working to identify the chemical and the assailant.

Authorities have increased patrols to reassure the public while the investigation is ongoing.

The aggravated assault on Wednesday that left a woman with chemical burns is the first case of its kind that Savannah Police Department (SPD) Assistant Chief Robert Gavin has seen locally.

"I've been here 31 years and I don't remember an acid attack," Gavin said at a Friday morning press conference.

According to SPD, the woman was walking along the outer sidewalk of Forsyth Park around 8 p.m. Wednesday when an unknown man approached her from behind

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