attacked with vinegar in serbian supermarket

[would be willing to take a polygraph 

and swear under oath 

that everything stated below is true 

and nothing but the truth]

 

april 26^th, 2023, belgrade, Serbia, brace jerkovica, stadion mall, RODA MEGAMARKET, zaplanjska 32 … ca. 21:55 hrs …

after I had bought some soap and as I was checking some villager tools they sell in RODA supermarket it appeared to me that I came in contact with highly concentrated alcoholic vinegar which was most likely intentionally sprayed or in other manner thrown in my direction by someone passing by quickly on the other side of the shelves, most likely a store worker as I overheard someone yelling - as if it was coming from the next aisle over - that the store will be closing in four minutes. what I felt was a pungent vinegar stench and soon afterwards my face started burning heavily around my eyes. behind me there was an aisle free area and there was no one around that I could see, so the targeting must have come from the next aisle behind the shelves in front of me … most likely, the line of attack went through there, that person knew my approximate position and when they unprovoked blasted me they soon disappeared down that way. I had intended to check out a couple of more articles but when my face started burning more, to the point of being unbearable, I went around to that aisle to inspect if some cleaning was taking place but there was no one there and I decided to check out quickly and get home as soon as possible in order to take a shower and wash my face. at that time, I did not suspect that I was the target, but while driving I realized that it might have been the case … I thought i may have provoked someone in the store with the time i took to inspect several tools to make sure I did not buy any defective one and my experience has been that some serbs are provoked by my appearance whilst as a result they often want to engage into an argument or physical altercation. the truth is people in Serbia know me, and there are many rumors floating around, and imo anarchy is taking place because the public exposure I have been suffering from is illegal beyond belief. practically Im a free target for any local psychopath, and many people here are off their rocker, they do not have to take chances. after a long shower time, my face is still burning. and as a follow up it is still burning - especially around and in my right eye - at 23:49 as Im writing this post ... what to do? 

latest update, April 27 2023: I went to the same store this evening [at approx. 21:00 hrs] to get some relevant information and after conversation with the manager who was very forthcoming, I now believe that whatever happened was not intentional, it was not a premeditated attack, but the cause of my irritation and the origin of smell discharge remain a mystery. coincidentally, all kinds of chemicals are stored right where I suspected the substance was coming from [took a photo of those shelves to document], but again, I now believe whatever happened was a pure coincidence, an act of God not intended to cause me any kind of harm …