Gem expert Campbell Bridges killed in mob attack in Kenya

Aug 13th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk

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Police in Kenya are hunting a gang believed to have murdered a renowned Scottish gem expert, who was attacked with knives, clubs and spears in what they believe was a dispute over mining rights.

Campbell Bridges, a 71-year-old internationally renowned geologist and gemstone miner, died late on Tuesday near the town of Voi in southern Kenya, where he had owned several mines since the 1970s.

John Ole Shampiro, commanding officer of the local Taita police division, told Reuters that Bridges was attacked by a mob armed with crude weapons, as he drove his pickup truck.

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