Five women were injured Monday night after two suspects on a moped rode past their car and splashed them with sulfuric acid in Jersey City. Police said the attack happened in the area of 105 Wilkinson Avenue, and all five women were taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

The injuries included skin burns and peeling, police said, and all five victims were stable after treatment. Jersey City Mayor James Solomon said officers will work around the clock to find those responsible and bring them to justice, adding that violence like this has absolutely no place on the streets of Jersey City.

The attack stands out not only because of its violence but because police said it appears to have been targeted. Investigators linked it to a dispute involving a large group of people earlier in the day, yet they have not said what that dispute was or what led to it. That gap leaves the central question of motive still open even as the consequences are already clear.

The two suspects believed to be responsible are still at large, and the investigation is ongoing. For the women hurt on Wilkinson Avenue, the immediate danger has eased, but for police the harder work remains the same: finding the pair and learning why a conflict that began earlier on Monday ended with acid on a city street.