Gem expert dies after mob attack

A British gem expert died after being attacked in Kenya, it emerged today.

Campbell Bridges, 71, was reportedly killed by a gang of men armed with knives, clubs and spears as they drove to their mine close to Tsavo National Park in the south of the country.

Mr Bridges was travelling with his son Bruce and four Kenyan employees when they were targeted by the mob, which had blocked the road with thorn bushes.

They reportedly attacked the group when they got out of their vehicle,

Newspapers reported that there had been long running tensions between the Bridges family and miners illegally digging for gems on the Bridges’ concession.