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Acid victim to have 'skin graft'

Kirstie Trup, one of the British teenagers injured in an acid attack in Zanzibar, is expected to return to hospital for a skin graft today. Her friend Katie Gee remains at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

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Acid victim father: Level of burns 'beyond imagination'

The "devastated" father of Katie Gee has said the level of burns sustained by his daughter in an acid attack in Zanzibar are "beyond imagination".

In a statement, Jeremy Gee said:

I spoke to Katie 3 hours after the incident and again an hour and a half ago.

We are devastated.

The photos I've seen are horrendous.

The level of burns are beyond imagination.

She's expected to be back tomorrow morning when she'll be taken to hospital were consultants are waiting for the girls to arrive.

Me, her brothers and the rest of the family are devastated.

Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18, had acid thrown at them by men on mopeds on the East Africa island of Zanzibar.

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