One of the two young women who suffered horrific injuries in a seemingly unprovoked acid attack in Zanzibar has vowed to return to the area to continue her humanitarian work, but has expressed annoyance at the lack of progress in their case. Eighteen-year-olds Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both from London, were volunteering with disadvantaged children in the East African nation of Tanzania when the incident happened. They were walking through the Stone Town area of Zanzibar City after dining out when two smiling men on a moped threw acid on them as they whizzed past. Brave Trup has now said that she feels ‘very frustrated and upset that our attackers haven’t been caught,’ and fears that they never will be. Speaking to the Sunday Times, she questioned why, despite giving a detailed description of the event, her attackers have not be brought to justice in a community in which ‘everyone knows everyone.’ ‘Stone Town is too small for it to be this hard and I fear they will never be caught,’ she said.
However, while most people would eagerly want to avoid the region in which such a heinous act happened, Trup says: ‘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.’
Miss Trup suffered severe burns after the sulphuric acid was thrown at her upper body, while her friend Katie Gee also suffered horrendous injuries and is recuperating in hospital.
Both women are expected to need skin grafts after the attack which happened on August 7, but Trup insists: ‘I don’t feel frightened – I just want answers.’
Trup is expected to go to Bristol University this autumn, while Gee has been accepted into Nottingham but is reportedly considering taking a gap year in order to get over her injuries.
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