A solo female traveler has shared a horrible experience she had in Zanzibar on her 23rd birthday. The story is quite long but to make it short and convenient for my readers, I made a summary of it. For those who would want to follow the full story, kindly follow this link.
This incident happened in April last year but she couldn’t talk about it since she was in a therapy to heal her psychological trauma from this experience.
On April 15 2021, Zainab flew from Lagos, Nigeria to Zanzibar, Tanzania for her 23rd birthday and was extremely excited about it. She booked an amazing hotel which would cover her 6 night accommodation. Zainab claims her room is all that she expected, it had a pool and sea view, what a beauty!!!
She spent a couple of nights and on her actual birthday night, she had a few friends and family wishing her a happy birthday before going to sleep. This is where the horrible store began. She felt someone touching her in her sleep when her doors were locked. She thought it was a dream since the doors were locked but it wasn’t.
She opened her eyes to see a naked man lying on her bed and touching her at 2am in her hotel room. “He started calling me baby, and then I became scared cause the room was dark as I had switched off the lights before I went to bed. Now, I was extremely scared I asked the man “who are you?” But all he kept saying was “baby, baby”. I asked in a louder tone this time around cause I was getting angry and then he quickly stuffed his hands over my mouth in an attempt to stop me from shouting”, she said.
The man spoke Swahili and didn’t understand English as he forced himself on Zainab. How sad experiencing this on someone’s land. Zainab in her quest to stop him said she had HIV. He didn’t understand a word she said but immediately he heard HIV, he paused for a while.
The victim claims she quickly wanted to use the opportunity to run but then, he started strangling her neck. “I became very scared for my life as I saw my life flash right before me in an instant”, she added.
This man after hearing HIV went back in search of a protective measure so he could come back and rape her, this is inhumane. This is when Zainab got to escape. She called the receptionist, hotel manager but no one picked. She had to crawl in a bush so the man would not see her around
Zainab claims she saw two security men but didn’t want to approach them. What if one of them was the rapist? They would have killed her and dumped her body in the sea.
Her only savior came from the Russian friends she made some days ago as she rushed into their room and told them the story. They protected her till daybreak and took her to the police station. Here is the Russian giving an account of the whole incident as well as the link to the video.
Before going to the station, they escorted her to her room so she could take her bag. Guess what? Her $1,100 was gone. The rapist was also a thief
The funny thing is, the police was on the side of the hotel. Instead of making an investigation, they were rather bullying the lady. She couldn’t see the face of the perpetrator since the light in her room was off but the only thing she recalls was he smelled so bad. These are the suspects according to the victim.
She took some pictures in the police station but the chief of police at the Nungwi police station in Zanzibar, said she should delete all my pictures and videos. “They knew I didn’t understand Swahili and never spoke English so I couldn’t hear what they were conversing about”. This is what is really going on in some countries. Travelers should be very careful before they fall victims.
After the news broke out, the internet has hopped on it and are really bashing the hotel. People are saying they wouldn’t visit such a hotel. This is the damage which can be caused by our irresponsible behavior.
Apparently, they have closed all their comments on not only Instagram but Facebook. The 4.5 star Warere Beach Hotel, Zanzibar, Tanzania is now rated 1.2 star on Google as people are expressing their disgust for their behavior. The hotel and the police failed to protect her, this is too bad!!!
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