LadyL
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I was thinking the exact same thing!
UK- London Nine injured in suspected acid attack, children among injured 01/31/24
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I was thinking the exact same thing!
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'Acid' attack suspect Abdul Ezedi was in relationship with victim
'Acid' attack suspect Abdul Ezedi was in relationship with victim
The suspected Clapham 'acid' attacker was in a relationship with the woman who was doused in the chemical along with her two young daughters in a horrific incident which has sparked a nationwide manhunt.
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A close relative of the Ezedi has confirmed to Sky News that the attacker was in a relationship with the mother. He now wants to 'find out if he is alive or dead' and will 'bring him in myself'.
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The relative described Ezedi as a 'quiet' and 'caring' person when they were growing up in Afghanistan. He believes the attack is out of charachter.
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Referencing the sex offence, the relative said he didn't 'believe he would do that kind of thing'.
BBM.
*sigh*
'Acid' attack suspect Abdul Ezedi was in relationship with victim
The suspected Clapham 'acid' attacker was in a relationship with the woman who was doused in the chemical along with her two young daughters in a horrific incident which has sparked a nationwide manhunt.
[…]
A close relative of the Ezedi has confirmed to Sky News that the attacker was in a relationship with the mother. He now wants to 'find out if he is alive or dead' and will 'bring him in myself'.
[…]
The relative described Ezedi as a 'quiet' and 'caring' person when they were growing up in Afghanistan. He believes the attack is out of charachter.
[…]
Referencing the sex offence, the relative said he didn't 'believe he would do that kind of thing'.
BBM.
*sigh*
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"We can confirm that
Abdul Shakoor Ezedi
visited our diocesan Justice and Peace Refugee Project,
a charitable venture which assists a wide range of people who come to us in need."
metro.co.uk
Abdul Shakoor Ezedi
visited our diocesan Justice and Peace Refugee Project,
a charitable venture which assists a wide range of people who come to us in need."
Major update in horror acid attack on mum and her little girls
Abdul Ezezi, 35, from Newcastle, has been on the run since Wednesday’s attack in Clapham.
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A convicted sex offender who was granted asylum in the UK after his third request was being hunted Friday for a chemical attack injuring several people, including a blinded mom and her young daughters — with a wanted poster showing the suspect’s face also gruesomely disfigured.
Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, 35, a pizzeria worker who arrived from Afghanistan in 2016, allegedly injured at least a dozen people by throwing an alkaline substance at them Wednesday night, the BBC reported.
nypost.com
Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, 35, a pizzeria worker who arrived from Afghanistan in 2016, allegedly injured at least a dozen people by throwing an alkaline substance at them Wednesday night, the BBC reported.
Afghan granted UK asylum despite being convicted sex offender is suspect in acid attack that injured at least 12
London police are on the hunt for a suspect who injured several people, including a mom and her young daughters, by tossing a corrosive chemical at them – and it has emerged that he had been grante…
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If he's badly burnt as seems possible he could be holed up somewhere, allotments or some such place .
34 minutes ago
Clapham chemical attack: Search for suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi continues
A manhunt for the suspect in a corrosive-substance attack on a mother and her daughters in Clapham is continuing, after he was last seen on the London Underground at King's Cross.
Police are trying to piece together Abdul Shokoor Ezedi's movements after he was captured by CCTV at the station.
He was seen boarding a Victoria line train heading southbound at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday.
The mother, 31, remains "very poorly" with expected life-changing injuries.
Her daughters, aged three and eight, suffered injuries not "as serious as first thought" and "not likely to be life-changing".
The Metropolitan Police confirmed on Saturday morning there were no developments in the search overnight.
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Video released from search for Clapham attack suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi
Police are hunting Abdul Shokoor Ezedi over a corrosive-substance attack on a woman and her daughters.
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I do wonder what they consider 'life changing'. Yes, I assume they mean blindness/vision impairment for the mother, because her words at the time of the attack have been widely reported, but the world isn't exactly kind to people with relatively minor facial difference/scarring either. The kids might not be left with a sensory disability, but still experience a grave shift in how the world treats them.34 minutes ago
Clapham chemical attack: Search for suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi continues
A manhunt for the suspect in a corrosive-substance attack on a mother and her daughters in Clapham is continuing, after he was last seen on the London Underground at King's Cross.
Police are trying to piece together Abdul Shokoor Ezedi's movements after he was captured by CCTV at the station.
He was seen boarding a Victoria line train heading southbound at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday.
The mother, 31, remains "very poorly" with expected life-changing injuries.
Her daughters, aged three and eight, suffered injuries not "as serious as first thought" and "not likely to be life-changing".
The Metropolitan Police confirmed on Saturday morning there were no developments in the search overnight.
[…]
Video released from search for Clapham attack suspect Abdul Shokoor Ezedi
Police are hunting Abdul Shokoor Ezedi over a corrosive-substance attack on a woman and her daughters.www.bbc.co.uk
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Wasn't it alreadt reported that Ezedi's bid for immigration was supportrd by a letter from a priest? That the judge used that letter in their decision to let Ezedi stay in the UK?
"Sources told the Telegraph said they had “found no evidence” that Ezedi had used its churches to convert..."
(...)
“We are in the process of checking if this individual was received into the Catholic faith in any of our parishes, and have so far found nothing to support that. We are also investigating whether he was helped in other ways. The Diocese will assist the police investigations in any way we can.”
www.telegraph.co.uk
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"His third asylum claim was successful after a priest vouched for his conversion and said he was “wholly committed” to his new religion."
www.telegraph.co.uk
"Sources told the Telegraph said they had “found no evidence” that Ezedi had used its churches to convert..."
(...)
“We are in the process of checking if this individual was received into the Catholic faith in any of our parishes, and have so far found nothing to support that. We are also investigating whether he was helped in other ways. The Diocese will assist the police investigations in any way we can.”
Clapham chemical attack latest: Footage of police raid in hunt for suspect released
New footage has been released of police raiding a house in the hunt for the suspected chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi.
www.telegraph.co.uk
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"His third asylum claim was successful after a priest vouched for his conversion and said he was “wholly committed” to his new religion."
Clapham chemical attack suspect ‘a good Muslim’ despite claim to have converted to Christianity
Friends of Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, who claimed to have changed religion to win asylum, say he planned to return to Afghanistan ‘to find a wife’
www.telegraph.co.uk
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From Telegraph linked above.
Timeline of Ezedi’s movements on Wednesday
Here is a timeline of Ezedi’s movements on Wednesday, the day of the chemical attack.- 12.15am – Ezedi’s vehicle is seen in Newcastle
- 6.30am – His vehicle is then seen traveling into Tooting, London
- 4.30pm – A further sighting of his vehicle is confirmed in Croydon
- 7pm – He is then seen driving in Streatham
- 7.25pm – Attack takes place in Lessar Avenue, before Ezedi makes off in his vehicle which crashes nearby. He leaves the car and runs off
- 7.33pm – Ezedi boards a train at Clapham South Tube Station
- 7.59pm – He is then seen leaving that train at King’s Cross Tube Station
- 8.42pm – He is then seen on CCTV leaving Tesco at 21 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX. He exits and turns right
- 9pm - Ezedi enters King’s Cross Tube Station and boards a Victoria Line tube Southbound
He was seen getting a Victoria Line train going southwards..so presumably on his way back to South London. There is cctv on all trains and platforms so the police must have known where he left the train and where he went,either another train or which station he exited from.
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I can't believe that the police don't know where he left the Victoria Line train. As you say, there's CCTV all over the tube. For operational reasons they must have decided to withhold this information from the public.
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Well NO by the looks of it benowens. My hoped for guess is that as a wise commenter said above the Police are holding info for operational reasons. I really wouldn't like to think that someone is harbouring him..
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TBH, it might just be that it's harder than it appears.
There's been a number of London based man hunts that have shown this. Ones that included significant concentrations of police resources/time (and public/political pressure) yet all that apparent CCTV hasn't translated into being able to track someone through London quickly and accurately.
CCTV is often poor quality, zoomed way out and doesn't provide half the cover people assume. Coverage there is is fragmented between private cameras, businesses and various agencies/councils etc. Physically collecting it (before it gets overwritten) for all potential routes, reviewing, tracking, picking him up after blind spots with branching pathways/doorways is massively labour/time intensive.
Minor attempts at evasion. (A hood/ hat, head down, change jacket, stick to the commuter crowd, duck down blind alleys) might not make someone vanish from CCTV, but it can seriously increase how much of a pain in the arse it is to keep a pin on them, and how much time it takes to pick them back up.
Undoubtedly Police have more information than what is public. But if they had clearer CCTV or further sightings, they'd release it imo. This is a political hot potato and the Met will not want the media to turn from bloody gov let im stay to bloody police can't catch im. Only reason they would hold back that I can think of is they're nearly on top of him, it could provoke/spook him/allies, or they think he's dead.
IMO obviously, flavoured with experience having to actually review CCTV, (not in London though.)
I still do not believe the Police have been unable to track his journey after he took a Victoria Line tube train. They would have cctv of him on the train which usually is very clear.
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I agree it's odd that they know where he got on but not where he got off. It would make sense if they didn't have in-carriage CCTV so had to review every station and painstakingly pick him out of a commute crowd... But according to the great Mayor of London (2020) all Victoria Line Trains have CCTV.
Then again never underestimate the incompetence of London municipalities. Might be something dumb like a broken camera in his carriage, or he was stood/sat a blind spot.
It would be a huge coincidence that he just happened to be in the one carriage with broken cctv!! There are not that many stations going South on the Victoria line,so not difficult to check all stations. 9pm would not be rush hour,so would not be that crowded.
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They might have a sizable area of blocks under surveillance and just want that knowledge under wraps. It could draw too much pedestrian/vehicle attention if they mention his location exit from the tube. Hopefully they've pinned down an area and are now quietly searching. Just some thoughts.
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That statistic would depend how well maintained the CCTV system is... If they are shoddy about it maybe not so much of a coincidence lol.
Though you are right, I was thinking of the earlier time. It would be less crowded by 9. Here's hoping they are keeping their search area closer to the chest for some unknown reason and haven't just straight up lost him.