KUALA LUMPUR: Eight schoolchildren were left screaming in pain after being splashed with a liquid by a motorcyclist yesterday here in Bukit Bandaraya. The eight were pupils of Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Bandaraya in Bangsar. They were waiting for their transport outside school when the attack took place. The children, all in Year Five and Six, suffered burn sensations on their faces, arms and bodies. They were taken to the University Malaya Medical Centre where they received outpatient treatment. According to teacher R. Ragu, the incident occurred at 4.45pm when the eight, four boys and four girls, were waiting outside the school for their van. "A motorcyclist clad in black and wearing a full-faced helmet rode past the schoolchildren and suddenly splashed some liquid on them," he said at the hospital. "I only realised what had happened when I heard several of them screaming and crying in the toilet." The van driver, Faridah Md Rahim, who rushed the chi