Another friend said the pair may have been attacked because they are Jewish. Gee had also been slapped by a Muslim woman two weeks ago because she was singing during Ramadan. Reports suggest the attack may have been planned, with the girls targeted following an argument with a shopkeeper a few days earlier.īashir Ismail, of Art in Tanzania, told the Telegraph: "The two attackers passed by several white tourists in the area and threw acid after getting closer to which raises suspicion of a planned attack." Zanzibar police have also offered a £4,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the attackers, the BBC reports. Jakaya Kikwete, president of Tanzania, visited Gee and Trup at the hospital they were being treated at and vowed to find those responsible. They had been in Zanzibar working as volunteers the St Monica nursery school with a charity called Art in Tanzania after completing their A-levels. They are very lucky in that respect."īoth Gee and Trup are due to arrive in the UK on a chartered medical flight later today (Reuters) There is discoloration but they are not expected to be scarred. Khamis said: "The doctors said the injuries are relatively minor. What they have is quite mild."īoth Gee and Trup are believed to have run into the sea to wash off the acid after the attack, and that this reduced their burns. Both suffered burns to their hands, chests and faces.Ī doctor at the Dar es Salaam hospital in Tanzania, where the women were treated, said the corrosive liquid had been diluted and was not pure acid, saying: "It could have been very bad. Gee and Trup were attacked by two men on a moped.Ī corrosive substance was thrown at the two women, both 18, as they made their way to a beach restaurant on the Indian Ocean island. ![]() ![]() The men are being questioned at Zanzibar's police headquarters. Later today maybe there will be a development legally." They are cooperating and answering our questions. The men were detained in Stone Town, the old part of Zanzibar city where the attack took place.Īccording to the Telegraph, Mkadam Khamis, regional police commissioner in Zanzibar, said: "There are five people we have, all men, who we are interrogating over this matter this morning. ![]() Five men are being questioned in Zanzibar for the acid attack on Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee (facebook) Facebookįive men are being questioned by police in Zanzibar in relation to the acid attack on two British charity workers, Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup.
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