POLICE have arrested two people in connection with a horrific acid attack on a London woman.

The arrests came as victim Naomi Oni denied suggestions she may have inflicted the injuries on herself.

Police arrested a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both were detained on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

Naomi Oni, 21, says a person dressed in a Muslim veil threw acid over her as she returned to her Dagenham home in East London on December 30 last year.

She was attacked from behind as she got off a bus, and said her assailant gave her a ''cold stare.''

Ms Oni received severe burns to her face, head, leg and arm in the incident and was left partially blind. The Victoria’s Secret shop assistant also lost her hair and eyelashes and has undergone several operations since.

Ms Oni told the London Evening Standard she felt ''hurt and angry'' after learning that detectives were investigating whether she is lying about the attack.

''I’ve only just come out of hospital after having surgery on my eye. To see this story saying that I’d done it made me so angry and really hurts. There’s no way I would have done this to myself. I want the person who did this to be caught,'' she said.

Police seized Ms Oni’s laptop amid claims that before the incident she looked for websites detailing acid attacks. Scotland Yard refused to confirm or deny the claim.

Police said three witnesses had been traced and they were still looking for a black man who got off a 368 bus in the area at the time of the attack.

Friend Sheila Maclean said Ms Oni’s family were ''shocked and disappointed'' at the accusation leveled at her, and were considering an official complaint to police.

A website set up to help Ms Oni had raised £1,200 ($1757) so far and a top American cosmetic surgeon Cap Lesesne has offered to operate on her injuries for free.