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2013-08-09 Africa Subsaharan

Zanzibar: Acid attack on two British women volunteer teachers

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Posted by Fred 2013-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 For some reason I feel very little sympathy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-09 04:48|| 2013-08-09 04:48|| Front Page Top

#2 because your heart is a stone?

Posted by Frank G on the road 2013-08-09 10:03|| 2013-08-09 10:03|| Front Page Top

#3 The police described the attack as "an isolated incident", refusing to link it to rising religious tension on the island between majority Muslims and its Christian population.

I have never been to Zanzibar. Do they have Bayesian Probability there?

Posted by SteveS 2013-08-09 10:36|| 2013-08-09 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Update from IB Times:

The men who attacked Katie Gee and Kristie Trup with acid in Zanzibar were part of a radical Islamic group that wants to impose stricter Muslim laws on the Indian Ocean island.

Five men have been arrested by police in relation to the attack - two men threw acid in Gee and Trup's faces before speeding off on a moped.

Religious leaders cited by the Telegraph say the men were followers of Uamsho, which wants Zanzibar to become independent of Tanzania and to impose stronger sharia laws.

The men were taken in for questioning late yesterday and early this morning in Stone Town, the old part of Zanzibar city where the attack took place. Three of the men arrested have been released, while two have been detained by police.

One of the men being questioned was the shopkeeper who is reported to have had an argument with the women while they shopped for groceries a few days ago.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-08-09 10:51|| 2013-08-09 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Because I'm tired of idiots.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-09 11:41|| 2013-08-09 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I think what Grom is trying to say is that after the attack after the singing, they should have high-tailed it out of there.

I think that's a little harsh, though they should have been armed. From the article is seems this is a more recent turn of events in the area, and being foreign it's possible they were insulated from most of the local-politics. Tourist money and all that being important I'm sure.

Now if they were teaching in Pakistan, or any 'stan for that matter, then they'd have to be idiots not to know the risk. Though considering some teachers I've had the pleasure of being acquainted it's a distinct possibility.

Posted by Charles 2013-08-09 12:59|| 2013-08-09 12:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Zanzibar is off the bucket list. Novaya Zemla is next.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-08-09 13:01|| 2013-08-09 13:01|| Front Page Top

#8 No Charles, I object to charity for Third World. My objections are squared when the suckers are Jewish.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-09 13:21|| 2013-08-09 13:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Introduce the perps private parts to generous dousing of acid.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2013-08-09 19:56|| 2013-08-09 19:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Islamists reminding non-Muslims who rules or makes the rules.

"THE FIVE'S" BOB BECKEL WAS DEMANDING THAT RADICAL MULLAHS-CLERICS PUBLICLY COME OUT AGZ THESE KINDS OF MUSLIM-LED ATTACKS AGZ NON-MUSLIMS, OTHERWISE THEY WILL PROVE THAT THEY ARE NOT BE DESERVING OF ANY KIND OF US OR WESTERN SUPPORT OR SYMPATHY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-08-09 23:34|| 2013-08-09 23:34|| Front Page Top

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