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.
Friends Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18, continue to be treated in hospital today and are said to be "well rested and comfortable".
[A COMMENT] Well! Good thing that Mr. Cameron's launching an anti-"Islamophobia" campaign just now! Because, you know, so many have an irrational fear of Islam or Muslims... [PA/The Huffington Post UK] Read more
