Zanzibar acid attack on Trup and Gee: Reward offered
Zanzibar police say a
reward of 10m Tanzanian shillings (£3,970, $6,170) has been offered for
information leading to the capture of attackers who threw acid at two UK
women.
Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18 and from London, had acid thrown on their faces, chests and hands.The island's Police Commissioner Musa Ali Musa told the BBC that there was "no prime suspect" for the attack.
He said that a lot of people had been questioned and information gathered.
However no-one has been arrested or charged and investigations are continuing, Mr Musa said.
The girls' families supplied this picture of acid burns on one of the two victims
He said it was the first time visitors to the island had been attacked in this way, describing the incident as "alien" to both the police investigating and the victims.
Officers had no idea as to the m
otive, he said.
'Unprovoked attack'
The two young Britons have been flown back to the UK.
Their plane was met by ambulances when it arrived at RAF Northolt in west London at lunchtime on Friday.
They had been taken to Tanzania's largest city Dar es Salaam for medical treatment following the attack, which took place in Stone Town, the old part of Zanzibar's capital, on Wednesday.
The women's families have said they are "extremely upset" by the "completely unprovoked attack" on their daughters.
The victims were two weeks into a three-week trip, volunteering for the charity Art in Tanzania.
Before they left Tanzania, the country's President Jakaya Kikwete visited the women at the Aga Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam and promised that those responsible for the "shameful" attack would be found.
The BBC's Tulanana Bohela, in Dar es Salaam, said Islam is the main religion on Zanzibar, and in more remote parts of the island, away from tourist beaches, there are signs asking foreigners to respect the local culture and cover up.
However, most islanders depend on tourism for their livelihoods and are happy to see tourists, so there is little antagonism towards them, she said.
A statement taken from another article:
Ms Gee had been startled earlier in the trip when she was hit in the street by a Muslim woman for singing during Ramadan.
UPDATE:
Muslim group allegedly behind acid attack of British Jewish teens
Zanzibar police issue arrest warrant for extreme imam after two young volunteers burned with acid in street. Girls dressed modestly, hid Jewish background, say relatives. Religious figures point finger at fanatic Muslim sect
5 comments:
The reporting of this horrendous attack is getting way out of line.
The UKDailyMail is posting the following detail unnecessarily:
"
Miss Trup’s father Marc, 51, a multi-millionaire dental surgeon and property developer"
Why is this appropriate?
I hope these girls injuries are treatable for 100% recovery. There is treatment for burns which can be spray painted w/stem cells to fully heal burns in days not weeks or months. video: National Geographic presents "The Skin Gun"
Perhaps these girls are candidates for such revolutionary treatment.
Video of Christian influence in Zanzibar illustrates how threatened the majority Muslim population is by their growth.
Note that the spokes-'imam' is of Arab descent. The population has few Arabs and that is due to:
1964 Massacre of Arabs on Zanzibar (video clip 7:36 length)
The Zanzibarians should have rid of island of Islam while they were at it. It boggles the mind that the African population of Zanzibar embraces the very doctrine of submission which is responsible for decimating generations of tribes & families for the Arab slave trades.
And the island of Zanzibar relies on tourism based on the history of the Arab slave trade. Sick.
Do you have any links on that subject?
Also, i suspect most American slaves were caught and then traded to American slave ships by Muslims.
Is that true?
Is there any documentation on that?
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