Acid throwers still at large

The Zanzibar government has offered a reward of 10 million Tanzanian shillings (almost NZ$7700) for information leading to the capture of attackers who threw acid at two British women. Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18 and from London, had acid thrown on their faces, chests, and hands. The island's Police Commissioner Musa Ali Musa told the BBC that there was "no prime suspect" for the attack. He said that a lot of people had been questioned and information gathered. However, no-one has been arrested or charged, and investigations are continuing. While we don't know who did such a thing to Trup and Gee, a moderate Muslim cleric who was himself the victim of an acid attack on Zanzibar last year says he believes that hardline secessionist group Uamsho were behind the attack. But whoever did it, it was not a civilised act. It was very cruel to throw acid on these innocent young girls, and whoever did it should themselves have acid chucked at their face. In other news, Stephen Fry has urged David Cameron to support moves to strip Russia of the 2014 Winter Olympics because of its new anti-gay laws.