British teenagers Katie Gee (left) and Kirstie Trup, who suffered
serious burns after they were attacked with acid in Zanzibar last month
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PHOTO | FILE
In Summary
Miss Kirstie Trup, 18, told British newspaper the
Sunday Times that she was determined to return to Zanzibar and resume
the voluntary work she had been doing there with her friend Katie Gee.
Dar es Salaam. One of the two British teenagers
who were attacked with acid in Zanzibar last month says she would like
to return to the islands.
Miss Kirstie Trup, 18, told British newspaper the
Sunday Times that she was determined to return to Zanzibar and resume
the voluntary work she had been doing there with her friend Katie Gee.
“This experience, as horrible as it has been, has
not deterred me from wanting to do more voluntary work in Zanzibar. In
fact, I would even like to return to do more work there next year,” she
said.
Miss Trup had been in Zanzibar with her friend
Miss Gee, also 18, for a month doing volunteering for charity Art
Tanzania when two men on a motorcycle threw acid over them in Stone
Town. Miss Gee is understood to still be in hospital recovering from her
injuries.
Miss Trup ran straight into the sea to try and wash off the acid while her friend ran into a nearby café to ask for help.
She said she is frustrated her assailants have still not been caught after she gave police a detailed description of the attack.
Miss Trup described the man who threw the acid as
being very dark with a shaved head, wearing a white T-shirt and dark
jeans. Both men smiled just moments before the attack.
She added: “It doesn’t make sense that our
attackers haven’t been caught. Stone Town is a small place and everyone
knows everyone.”
She said she is determined to recover from her
injuries, which doctors have warned could take between 18 months and two
years after she underwent a skin graft on August 15 at Chelsea and
Westminster Hospital in London.
Police in Zanzibar have made no headway in their
investigations into the August 7 attack despite offering a Sh10 million
reward for information leading to the arrest of the culprits. Five
people were questioned a few days after the incident, but were released
without charge.
The attack has received wide international
coverage, with the British media initially erroneously linking it with
the controversial Muslim cleric Ponda Issa Ponda.
source: The citizen
source: The citizen
