The motive behind the attack is currently unknown. "Everybody wants to see justice done, but we have got to wait until Katie can travel." She is not in the condition to travel, and the family's primary concern is her recovery," Morris said. "We are not in a position to comment for the Trup family, but Katie is not in a position to travel. Gee, who suffered 50% burns to her torso and 80% to her right arm, remains in Chelsea & Westminster hospital after undergoing an operation.ĭoug Morris, Gee's mother's partner, said they have not considered returning to Zanzibar to aid the police investigation as their focus is on her recovery. She managed to minimise her injuries by jumping into the sea. Trup, who was released from hospital earlier this week, is due back for an operation today.
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They were on the last week of their trip in Stone Town when two men approached them, smiled, and threw acid in their faces.īoth women, 18, will need skin grafts for the burns they sustained (Reuters)īoth suffered burns to their faces, chests, arms and hands and both will need to have skin grafts to repair the damage caused. The women had been in Zanzibar working at the St Monica nursery school as volunteers with a charity called Art in Tanzania after completing their A-levels. But this is a serious police investigation, and we are doing everything we can." Police commander Faustine Shilogile said in an interview recently: "We are no closer to finding who was responsible for this. Gee and Trup, both 18, have also said they would be able to identify the men, giving hope to investigators trying to catch their attackers. We shall contact the UK authorities."Ī source added: "They did not recognise their attackers - they had not seen them before - but they would if they saw them again."
He told the Evening Standard: "It will depend on the circumstances of the investigation but yes, we shall ask them. Mussa Ali Mussa, Zanzibar's police commissioner, said he would like the women to return to the country to help identify their two male attackers. Police in Zanzibar have said Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup should return to the Indian Ocean island to help find the two men who attacked them with acid.
Zanzibar police want Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee to return to the island to help their acid attack investigation (Facebook)
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