A medevac plane carrying Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18, landed at
RAF Northolt in UK at lunchtime and the pair were taken away in two
ambulances and transferred to a specialist burns unit and reunited with
their families.
Zanzibar police commander Mkadam Khamis said that five people have been questioned over the acid attack on the two British teenagers, two of whom are being detained for further interrogation. The other three have been released.
Police on the island have also offered a reward of 10 million Tanzanian shilling (£4,000) for information leading to any arrests.
Today images of the burns sustained by one of the girls were released by the family.
Katie Gee's mother, Nicky Gee, 45, told the Evening Standard: "I am just glad she is home. I want to get inside and see her. We spoke this morning and she said she was okay. It has been a terrible ordeal for the families."
The teenagers are from London and were in the last week of a trip organised by Kent-based i-to-i Travel.
A British tourist who gave his name as Sam, tried to help the pair after the attack. He told the BBC: "We
Zanzibar police commander Mkadam Khamis said that five people have been questioned over the acid attack on the two British teenagers, two of whom are being detained for further interrogation. The other three have been released.
Police on the island have also offered a reward of 10 million Tanzanian shilling (£4,000) for information leading to any arrests.
Today images of the burns sustained by one of the girls were released by the family.
Katie Gee's mother, Nicky Gee, 45, told the Evening Standard: "I am just glad she is home. I want to get inside and see her. We spoke this morning and she said she was okay. It has been a terrible ordeal for the families."
The teenagers are from London and were in the last week of a trip organised by Kent-based i-to-i Travel.
A British tourist who gave his name as Sam, tried to help the pair after the attack. He told the BBC: "We
heard screaming that sounded like it could be something bad or it could
be people messing around. And it sounded like... not panicky screaming,
so at first it [made the] hair at the back of your neck stand up and
then it was completely fine. And then maybe 15 seconds later there was a
sort of bigger scream."
Both Gee and Trup are believed to have run into the sea to wash off the acid after the attack, and that this reduced their burns.
In a statement, the travel agent said: "All our efforts remain focused on ensuring they are supported whilst assisting them and their relatives with the arrangements for their return home. i-to-i Travel is working with the authorities in their investigations and continue to liaise closely with the British consulate in Tanzania.
The girls had been in Zanzibar working as volunteers the St Monica nursery school with a charity called Art in Tanzania after completing their A-levels. Trup, from Hampstead, is planning to study history at Bristol University, while Gee, who attended the £5,375-per-term Francis Holland School in Chelsea, is expected to study sociology at Nottingham University.
Both Gee and Trup are believed to have run into the sea to wash off the acid after the attack, and that this reduced their burns.
In a statement, the travel agent said: "All our efforts remain focused on ensuring they are supported whilst assisting them and their relatives with the arrangements for their return home. i-to-i Travel is working with the authorities in their investigations and continue to liaise closely with the British consulate in Tanzania.
The girls had been in Zanzibar working as volunteers the St Monica nursery school with a charity called Art in Tanzania after completing their A-levels. Trup, from Hampstead, is planning to study history at Bristol University, while Gee, who attended the £5,375-per-term Francis Holland School in Chelsea, is expected to study sociology at Nottingham University.
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