NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A man was killed in a gruesome attack yesterday after someone threw a caustic substance on him and melted his face in the Bronx, police sources said.
The 48-year-old victim, identified as Rehmatullah Azezollah, was attacked at about 10 a.m. yesterday while sitting in his car in front of 149 E. 149th St., where he owns a fried chicken restaurant, sources said.
He was stricken with severe burns to his face and torso from the unknown substance, cops said.
The man stumbled out of his car and collapsed a few yards away as he tried to crawl to an open bodega, witnesses said.
He was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he died a short while later.
Friends who knew the man for more than 40 years said he had recently returned to his homeland of Afghanistan and taken a new fiance - which angered his ex wife and at least one of their sons.
"He doesn't have any problems, he just has one problem, his son is a problem," said Sayeed Rasul, a former business partner.
Friends even said that within the last 24 hours of his life, his son had stolen his car and engaged him in a fist fight.
"We were friends for 40 years, I grew up with him. All my family, they are crying because of this," said a friend
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