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Volunteer aid worker murdered in Zanzibar

10/08/09 11:22 Filed in: Security Incident
Children using computers at a Camara sponsored event
Photo credit: Camara

Robert Decourcey Stringer (26), a volunteer aid worker with the Irish charity Camara, was killed during an apparent mugging and robbery in Zanzibar last Friday. Robert's body was discovered on a beach at 0800 AM, 7 August, 2009. He had suffered head injuries and some of his personal possessions were missing.

Robert was on holiday in Zanzibar after completing a five week volunteer mission as a team co-ordinator with Camara's computer training team in Tanzania.

A local man has since been arrested in connection with the incident.

Camara provides refurbished computers and computer literacy training to schools and colleges in Africa.

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