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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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Report: Police shoot preacher wanted over acid attack

It has been reported that a radical Muslim preacher wanted in connection with an acid attack on two British teenage girls in Zanzibar was shot tonight as he fled police trying to arrest him.

Reports said police hit Sheikh Issa Ponda Issa in the shoulder with a tear gas canister near Dar es Salaam.

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