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| Zanzibar acid attack on Trup and Gee: Reward offered | |
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| Zanzibar police say a reward of 10m Tanzanian shillings (£3,971, $6,170) has been offered for information leading to the capture of attackers who threw acid at two UK women. | Zanzibar police say a reward of 10m Tanzanian shillings (£3,971, $6,170) has been offered for information leading to the capture of attackers who threw acid at two UK women. |
| The teenagers from London, Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, had acid thrown on their faces, chests and hands as they walked in Zanzibar City on Wednesday evening. | The teenagers from London, Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, had acid thrown on their faces, chests and hands as they walked in Zanzibar City on Wednesday evening. |
| The island's government is putting up the reward money. | The island's government is putting up the reward money. |
| Local police said it was considered a large amount of money on Zanzibar. | |
| The two 18-year-olds are believed to have left Tanzania on a flight to the UK on Thursday night. | The two 18-year-olds are believed to have left Tanzania on a flight to the UK on Thursday night. |
| They were initially taken to Tanzania's largest city Dar es Salaam for medical treatment. | They were initially taken to Tanzania's largest city Dar es Salaam for medical treatment. |
| 'Unprovoked attack' | |
| Reporting from the scene, the BBC's Alastair Leithead said the attackers sped away after the incident, and police do not know why the women were targeted. | |
| Officers said it is the first time foreigners on the island have been attacked in this way. | |
| 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. |