"Was it racial, was it a religious thing? We have no idea why this person did it.” “Above all, the girls want to know why he did it and we would like to know why he did it. I don’t blame the country, I don’t blame the religion. “I would like to see whoever threw that acid brought to justice. We want the judicial system to work properly. “I suspect the Tanzanian authorities don’t take the Foreign Office remotely seriously. The Foreign Office do send us emails, but the emails say the same every single time and they seem to imply that the British Foreign Office has clout, it has a voice, but clearly none of that is working because we are not getting any progress whatsoever. “I think they just hope this will go away. Mr Trup told BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme: “I’m particularly upset with the Tanzanian authorities. Police in Zanzibar have interviewed several people, including eyewitnesses, and are believed to have identified a possible culprit. Miss Trup suffered severe chemical burns to her shoulder and back from the sulphuric acid which was launched at the pair as they walked back from a restaurant on the predominantly Muslim island. The teenagers, from north London, were nearing the end of a month-long stint teaching English when they were attacked. He said: “The photograph cannot be sent in the correct format that is acceptable by Interpol, or the British authorities, and as a consequence of that nobody has seen the photo.” There is still confusion over how to get a photograph of a suspect to the women for identification, according to Miss Trup’s father Marc. “And there just doesn’t seem to be any sense of urgency to conclude matters.” Their families called on the UK government to apply more pressure on the Tanzanian authorities.ĭoug Morris, the partner of Miss Gee’s mother, said: “If the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are as committed to helping to bring these people to justice on behalf of two British citizens, then you would expect them to move hell and high water to do that. Londoners Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18, are recovering after being targeted by two men on a moped during a volunteering holiday on August 7. The families of two British women targeted in an acid attack in Zanzibar today opened up about their frustration the attackers have not been caught.
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