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| Subject: African animals: Scottish Gem Expert Hacked to Death in Kenya Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:49 pm | |
| Renowned Scottish gem expert Campbell Bridges has been killed by a mob armed with spears and machetes in Kenya's Tsavo National Park, the Independent reports. The murder is believed to be linked to a feud with squatters stealing gems from a Bridges family mine in the park. The mob set upon Bridges, his son, and a group of workers as they drove to a mine. Bridge's son managed to free his 71-year-old dad and rush him to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
He was a king for us. He was a legend among gemologists and geologists. The jewelry market is not so open, but he was open with everybody - Pavel Sokolov, head of a leading Russian gemstone firm
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/british-gem-expert-hacked-to-death-1771203.html |
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