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Blood gemstones of Tsavo: How famous British miner met his death
Mr Campbell Bridges, the British miner murdered in Kenya two weeks ago. PHOTO/COURTESY
Posted Saturday, August 22 2009 at 19:44
In Summary
- Struggle for control of tsavorite mining operation may have led to murder
Another man then speared Mr Bridges in his upper left chest and took off. “He collapsed in a sitting position and lay there. While the other two were trying to fight their way through the attackers and back to Dad, I ran after the guy who had speared him,” Bruce Bridges said.
The assailant got away.
“He (Mr Bridges) was pale all over. He had lost a lot of blood,” he said. “I took off my shirt and tried to plug the wound.”
The Bridges party rushed Campbell Bridges to Voi, almost an hour away, where he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The younger Bridges, a British-American national, said he has received death threats and has given all the information he had to the British and US embassies.
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Submitted by geshingahPosted August 26, 2009 11:58 AM
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Submitted by emayieka
Surely if this chap was as bad as portrayed he would have owned dozens of Guns and kill every local. Why Did Chomodley.. Kill locals like Flies? Where were the Area MP and OCs, DCs etc? This is real Poor fella murdered for nothing. Simply because he is a Mzungu. Too bad.
Posted August 26, 2009 02:07 AM -
Submitted by tusker78
I would'nt be surprised if the son had knocked the father off for the family fortune. There's no DNA/forensics in Africa!! pole sana.
Posted August 25, 2009 12:02 PM -
Submitted by zubie
@geshinga so what you mean is that he deserved to be killed because he didnt respect the locals.
Posted August 25, 2009 06:50 AM -
Submitted by muyanga
This is sad terrible...the government was not on their side-it is not about the DC, OCPD, OCS, MP, etc... this is a long story and Nairobi (high offices) knew it. The sad thing, the truth will never be told. Some poor guys will be sentenced to death...(but we dont hang anymore) on behalf of the tycoons involved. This was a war these poor ja-sungus wouldn't win, the wisest thing was for them to hang up their chisels, hammers, and take off... It is not fun to be a martyr.
Posted August 25, 2009 06:30 AM
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hold ya horses guys after my throat.no one deserve to die in the first place.but gotta no love for anyone who who look down upon other becouse of his color.i mean like someone said get mining rights in britain as a kenyan and come for a buck.man its near to impossible.this guy was only expoliting the locals/our country.but if you are down with someone of such kind its a shame for you.this aint race issue its resources and its distribution. much love