After nearly five long years, an arrest was made in the 2021 acid attack that left a Long Island woman with severe burns on her face when she was ambushed outside her home by an unknown assailant, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York.

The nightmare unfolded in Elmont in March 2021, when an unknown assailant threw acid in Nafiah Ikram’s face, prompting years of facial reconstructive surgeries.

Ikram and family are at court Tuesday awaiting the arraignment of the suspect who has not been publicly identified.

Additional information was not immediately known.

This latest development has been a long time coming. For years, Ikram’s family has been vocally critical of the investigation.

Standing tall with scars on her face, Ikram marked the third anniversary of her attack reflective of the progress she’s made and frustrated by the investigation progress.

“You have to show up for yourself, even on the bad days because that’s when it really counts,” she said Friday.

Surveillance video captured the 2021 night when Ikram, then 21 years old, had finished a shift at CVS and was returning home when the suspect ran up and poured acid on her face.

“I feel like the investigation is exactly where it was on March 17, 2021, that’s exactly how I feel,” she told NBC New York in 2024.

Although Ikram can’t forget the past, she remains focused on her recovery and all the progress she’s made after countless surgeries on her eye, nose and skin.

“I can talk, my mouth is better, my voice is better, I can eat better,” she reflected in 2024.

Her parents, meanwhile, didn’t mince words, saying at the time that the police didn’t do a good enough job.

“We strongly believe that Nassau Police Department did not do their job in the beginning. I never said it, I am saying it today,” Ikram’s mother, Sherina Mohamed, said.

Meanwhile, the Nassau Police commissioner said at that time that their investigation remained open.

“This investigation continues to remain open and ongoing as we will not rest until the person(s) responsible are apprehended,” Commissioner Patrick Ryder said.

It’s been one year since a Long Island college student was attacked with acid in front of her home. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.