Sheikh Ponda Issa who is suspected of inciting the attack on Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee was shot by police in Tanzania's capital last night
A radical Muslim preacher wanted in
connection with an acid attack on two British teenagers in Zanzibar has
been shot by police, it was reported.
Sheikh
Issa Ponda Issa was hit in the shoulder with a tear gas canister as he
tried to escape from officers after being cornered near Tanzania's
capital Dar es Salaam, The Sunday Mirror said.
Ponda Issa is accused of inspiring the attack on Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18, while they volunteered in Zanzibar.
The pair continue to be treated in hospital today and are said to be 'well rested and comfortable'.
The women were admitted to Chelsea and
Westminster Hospital in London on Friday where they are receiving
treatment for burns inflicted in an unprovoked attack while they were on
a volunteering holiday on the island, off the coast of Tanzania.
Family members of both teenagers are
keeping a bedside vigil, after they were flown home and immediately sent
to the capital's regional burns centre.
A hospital spokesman confirmed the
pair, from north London, continue to be treated by medics. Their
conditions are described as 'stable'.
He said: 'The patients are well rested and comfortable at the hospital. They have been with their families all day.
'Doctors are continuing to assess treatment options for both patients.'
Leading
surgeon Dr Mohammed Jawad, who treated model Katie Piper after she had
acid thrown at her, said the two teenage volunteers would need skin
grafts after seeing a picture of the injuries.
