Teen victim of acid attack in Zanzibar leaves hospital

Second victim will undergo surgery in coming days after sustaining more severe injuries

By JTA 14 August 2013, 7:19 am Edit

Screenshot from a BBC report on the acid attack on August 8, 2013 on two young British Jewish girls volunteering as teachers in Zanzibar.

One of the two British Jewish teenagers injured in an acid attack in Zanzibar was released from the hospital.

Kirstie Trup left the hospital on Sunday night, the Jewish Chronicle reported.

Katie Gee, whose injuries are more severe, will have surgery in the coming days.

The women, both 18 and from London, sustained injuries to their face, chest, arms and hands last week after two men on a moped threw acid at them in Zanzibar City, the capital of the island off of eastern Africa. They were in Zanzibar volunteering as teachers for the charity Art in Tanzania.

Gee suffered burns to 80 percent of her right arm and 50 percent of her torso, according to the Jewish Chronicle. The newspaper reported that Trup’s injuries were less severe because she ran into the sea after the attack.

Two suspects have been arrested and six others questioned.
Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago, is part of Tanzania.