A British tourist has told how he desperately tried to help one of the teenagers attacked in Zanzibar as the acid burned through her skin, it has been reported.
Sam Jones, who was on holiday on the island with his girlfriend Nadine at the time, told The Sun how he heard their screams following the attack and found one of them crouching by a toilet block in pain.
"She just kept screaming that she needed water," he said.
"My girlfriend grabbed a hose and we started to wash her down as best we could.
"At this stage we had no idea what had happened but it was obvious something was very wrong."
He said the acid was so powerful that it burned his hands as he tried to help.
The couple said they supported the injured women by joining them on a private plane to Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam for treatment.
