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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Aug 2013

    Two UK women attacked with acid in #Zanzibar are named as Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both aged 18http://bbc.in/15PSrB4 

    3:17 AM - 8 Aug 2013
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      1. ELF‏ @nycpu 8 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @TinaTinde MT @BBCBreaking: Two UK women attacked w acid in #Zanzibar named as Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18 http://bbc.in/15PSrB4 

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      1. William‏ @thai_bill 8 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking another Muslim country off the holiday list.

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      1. ChloWeee‏ @chlowee3 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking atrocious! Helping them and that's their reward! Get them all home and they can help themselves!

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      2. Tom Green‏ @Tom_Green10 8 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking can't believe something terrible like that would happen in Zanzibar, such an amazing place! @MarkWyatt_PT @SPR202

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      3. Mark Wyatt‏ @MarkWyatt_PT 8 Aug 2013
        Replying to @Tom_Green10

        @tom_green10 @bbcbreaking @spr202 rediculous! Still gonna go back though! You both on Africa next summer?

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      4. Tom Green‏ @Tom_Green10 8 Aug 2013
        Replying to @MarkWyatt_PT

        @MarkWyatt_PT @SPR202 yes mate, need to have another biridi Kilimanjaro! What are you saying @babu_tads ?? #africa2014

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      5. Mark Wyatt‏ @MarkWyatt_PT 8 Aug 2013
        Replying to @Tom_Green10

        @tom_green10 @babu_tads @spr202 he is keen! Im thinking August for a month! You know it!

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      1. Lynn‏ @seasidelandlady 8 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking I wonder if this awful attack was related to how they were dressed? Always such an issue in predominantly Muslim countries!

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      1. Tony the Dwyver‏ @Dwyertd 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Despicable

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      1. j.swaminathan‏ @JSwaminatha 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking All those throwing acid should be branded as terrorist

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      1. Debra‏ @debrahanson 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking 'Offending' Islam the likely reason for this latest outrage. When are world leaders gong to decry religious abuse?

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      1. Upendra Phuyal‏ @ph_upendra 8 Aug 2013
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        That is extremely cruel act. We can not expect such act from a normal humanbeing. @BBCBreaking

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      1. Martin Thomas‏ @MANDARINLEISURE 8 Aug 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Two UK women attacked with acid in #Zanzibar are named as Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both aged 18 http://bbc.in/15PSrB4 ”

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      1. Ibinabo Pollyn‏ @Romeopol 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking this is a babaric act of the evil men of our days. Let the law of the land get hold of the persons that carried out this act.

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      1. Akerfeldt‏ @soul_sentinelMJ 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking don't visit these barbaric countries :(

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      1. Keith Aarron‏ @TheDen45 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking And these poor girls are HELPING those people ! I hope they HANG ! Don't worry ALL Africans in UK are pussy cats remember THAT

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      1. Laura Cosby‏ @cosby_laura 8 Aug 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Poor girls, and we are expected to see these ppl as civilized http://bbc.in/15PSrB4 

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