Two teenage British volunteers have had acid thrown in their faces in a late night attack on the island of Zanzibar.
The 18-year-old women were attacked as they were walking through the streets of Stone Town, the historical centre of the capital of the east African island, by two men on a moped.
The acid splashed their faces, chests and hands and they had to be flown to hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for treatment.
The two teenagers were working with the volunteering organisation i-to-i and had been out there on a four-week trip. They had been due to return home to the UK on Saturday.
Their parents are understood to have been informed.
The island is a popular destination for gap year students doing voluntary work.
Deputy Police Commissioner Mkadam Khamis said: "Police in Zanzibar have launched a manhunt, and we ask for public assistance in identifying the attackers."
He added: "The motive for the attack on the volunteers, aged 18 years, has not been established."
Saleh Mohammed Jidawi, a senior health ministry official, said that the women's wounds were "not life threatening".
The assault is the first against foreigners in the popular tourist destination, however, there have been a series of attacks in the archipelago, mainly on grounds of religion.
A Muslim cleric was subjected to an acid attack in November. In February a Catholic priest was shot dead and in December another priest was shot and wounded.
The Indian Ocean islands, famed for their white sand beaches and historical buildings in Stone Town, listed as a world heritage site by Unesco, are mainly Muslim, with 3% of the 1.2 million people Christian.
The attack on the island, 22 miles off the coast of Tanzania, came at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as people began to celebrate the Eid holiday.
A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We are aware of an incident and are providing consular assistance."
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