I was doused in acid in a random attack in Zanzibar - tourists took pictures of me while I was screaming for help

I was doused in acid in a random attack in Zanzibar - tourists took pictures of me while I was screaming for help Katie Gee, from London, was volunteering at a school in Zanzibar when attacked READ MORE: Now Gen Z ushers in 'organic living' By Alanah Khosla For Mailonline Published: 08:11 BST, 20 September 2024 | Updated: 08:15 BST, 20 September 2024 e-mail View comments An acid attack survivor has revealed how tourists took photographs of her as she attempted to wash acid off her face and screamed for help. Katie Gee, from London , was just 18-years-old and volunteering at a school in Zanzibar in 2013, when she and her friend Kirstie Trup were doused in acid in a random, unprovoked attack carried out by two men on a moped. The right side of Katie's face and body was burnt while her right ear was left shrivelled.

In the first five years after the attack, Katie underwent 70 operations – many of them gruelling 12-hour skin grafts – and in 2018 she was given a new right ear. Katie, now 29, took to TikTok to discuss the attack, and the ordeal that ensued to bring her back to the UK. In a video shared on the platform, Katie said: 'I was on my way out for dinner [when] two men drove past and threw acid on my right-hand side and drove off straight away .

' Katie Gee (pictured) from London has opened up about her harrowing acid attack story on TikTok 'This left me with 35 per cent burns and being in and out of hospital for years and years after. ' Recalling the moments after the a.