UK- London Nine injured in suspected acid attack, children among injured 01/31/24

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Nearby hotel confirms guests were hurt in attack, says BBC​

The BBC have spoken to a hotel which sits on the corner Lessar Avenue, where last night’s chemical attack took place. The Clapham South Belvedere Hotel told the broadcaster that at 7.25pm last night, “police and ambulance services were called to attend a serious incident in which guests at the Belvedere Hotel were a victim”.

It’s not clear which people caught up in last night’s incident were guests of the hotel, said the BBC.

The statement continues:

Belvedere Hotel staff, having supported the work of the emergency services, provided assistance to the guests affected and sought to reassure other hotel guests as to their safety and wellbeing.
The staff team will continue to provide assistance to guests and the police going forward. As this is an ongoing police investigation, we are not able to provide any further comment.
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those affected.”
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Clapham chemical assault: police release new image of 35-year-old suspect – as it happened

Police searching for Abdul Ezedi after woman and her youngest daughter, 3, suffer possible life-changing injuries
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11m ago

What we know so far:​

  • A 31-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter have sustained potentially life-changing injuries after an attack with an alkaline corrosive substance in Clapham, south London. Her eight-year-old daughter was also attacked.
  • Emergency services were called to Lessar Avenue in Clapham at about 7.25pm. The victims were taken to hospital.
  • Police say the man attempted to make off in a car but collided with a stationary vehicle, and then made off on foot, in the direction of Clapham Common.
  • Police are understood to have a probable identity for the attacker, who they believe was known to the victims.
  • A hunt for the suspect is under way and police are urgently trying to establish his associates and anyone who may help shelter him. Police have asked anyone with information to call 999.
  • A woman said she rescued the three-year-old girl after she was “thrown from a car”. She said she helped a girl, who told her she was three, and tried to help her older sister.
  • According to the BBC, four bystanders were injured when they tried to help. Three women – two in their 30s and one in her 50s – were injured when they tried to help. They’ve all been discharged from hospital with minor burn injuries. The fourth, a man in his 50s, declined hospital treatment for his minor injuries. Five police officers also suffered minor injuries and have left hospital.

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Clapham chemical assault: police release new image of 35-year-old suspect – as it happened

Police searching for Abdul Ezedi after woman and her youngest daughter, 3, suffer possible life-changing injuries
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JennieM said:
25m ago

Nearby hotel confirms guests were hurt in attack, says BBC​

The BBC have spoken to a hotel which sits on the corner Lessar Avenue, where last night’s chemical attack took place. The Clapham South Belvedere Hotel told the broadcaster that at 7.25pm last night, “police and ambulance services were called to attend a serious incident in which guests at the Belvedere Hotel were a victim”.

It’s not clear which people caught up in last night’s incident were guests of the hotel, said the BBC.

The statement continues:



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Clapham chemical assault: police release new image of 35-year-old suspect – as it happened

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41m ago11.37 GMT

Mother and daughter's injuries could be life-changing​

Commenting on the family’s injuries, the Met’s Supt Gabriel Cameron said: “While none of their conditions are life-threatening, the injuries to the woman and younger girl could be life-changing. It may be some time before hospital staff are able to say how serious that might be.”

Cameron added: “It was reported that a man had thrown a child to the ground and that a substance - which we now know to be alkaline - had been thrown. The man attempted to make off in a car but collided with a stationary vehicle, and then made off on foot, in the direction of Clapham Common.

“We believe the man and woman are known to each other. Our investigation is in its early stages and we are working to establish why this awful incident has happened.”

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Clapham chemical assault: police release new image of 35-year-old suspect – as it happened

Police searching for Abdul Ezedi after woman and her youngest daughter, 3, suffer possible life-changing injuries
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1 Feb 2024

Police are urgently appealing for anyone with information to come forward​

A manhunt is under way to trace a suspect after a corrosive substance was thrown at a 31-year-old woman and her two daughters. Police are urgently appealing for anyone with information to come forward to help with the investigation.

Supt Gabriel Cameron, a senior officer who polices in Lambeth, said in an update on last night’s events: “The woman, who is aged 31, and her two daughters – aged eight and three – all remain in hospital. While none of their conditions are life-threatening, the injuries to the woman and younger girl could be life-changing. It may be some time before hospital staff are able to say how serious that might be.”

He commended members of the public, officers and nearby hotel staff for coming to the aid of the woman and the children. He said: “I also want to commend nearby hotel staff after victims and officers sought refuge and water there following the incident.”

Cameron said police were called to Lessar Avenue in Clapham at about 7.25pm on Wednesday, 31 January. He said:

It was reported that a man had thrown a child to the ground and that a substance – which we now know to be alkaline – had been thrown. The man attempted to make off in a car but collided with a stationary vehicle, and then made off on foot, in the direction of Clapham Common.
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Officers from across the Met are working with partner agencies and forces to locate and arrest the man. While this appears a targeted attack, he is a dangerous individual and we urgently need to find him. We will release more information about him as soon as we can.
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Any members of the public who saw what happened can help us by calling 101quoting reference CAD 7790/31Jan. I also urge local people and drivers to check their doorbell and dash cameras for any footage that might have captured a man fleeing the area, and to please contact us immediately.
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“An extensive crime scene is in place and is likely to remain in place for some time,” he added. The London fire brigade, London ambulance service and the national police air service also assisted last night, he said.

Information can also be provided anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Clapham chemical assault: police release new image of 35-year-old suspect – as it happened

Police searching for Abdul Ezedi after woman and her youngest daughter, 3, suffer possible life-changing injuries
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Posted at 12:30

NHS England records 100 similar hospitalisations a year​

We don’t yet know which attack substance was used in Clapham, but NHS England records an average of about 100 incidents a year where someone is admitted to hospital after being assaulted by a corrosive substance.

There were 82 in the year ending last March and 100 in the 12 months before that. Both are down from a recent peak of 129 in the year ending March 2018.

It is possible this figure is an undercount – it is not mandatory for the relevant box to be ticked. An individual may also have been admitted more than once in the same year.

 
Posted at 12:00

Concern over acidic and alkaline substance attacks​


Mark Easton
Home editor

Concern has been growing over the last few years over a rise in the use of corrosive chemicals as a weapon.

Police chiefs and the Home Office have recently met with survivors of what are generally described as acid attacks, although (as we've seen in this case), incidents also involve alkaline substances such as ammonia, bleach and caustic soda.

Figures obtained by the charity Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI), using Freedom of Information requests, show the police in England and Wales recorded sharp increases in corrosive substance attacks from 2015 to a peak in 2017 of 949 recorded attacks. Reports declined during the Covid pandemic, falling to 421 in 2021 but rising the following year to 710.

The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 included new restrictions on the sale, possession and delivery of corrosive substances with some campaigners suggesting the law has been a factor in the decline in attacks since the 2017 peak.

The police area with the largest number of attacks in 2022 was Northumbria, where criminals have used the threat of spraying people with corrosive substances in assaults, robberies and burglaries. London and Merseyside both saw more than 100 attacks.

 
11:16

Rowley confirms 12 hurt in incident​

Mark Rowley's discussing details of the attack, and confirms that there were 12 people injured.

He says the attack itself, as we've reported, targeted a woman and her two young daughters.

There were four members of the public involved, who tried to help; three of whom went to hospital for treatment and one who declined. Plus there were five police officers involved in helping. None of them have had to stay in hospital, he says.

Rowley also says that this attack doesn't appear to have been random. He says he understands concerns, but that this appears to have been a targeted attack between two people "known to each other".

There are no suggestions it has anything to do with terrorism, the Met chief adds.

 

sunshineray said:
I have a question and I'm in the US so I'm ignorant as to how things work in the UK.
Why hasn't this man's identity/picture been released to the public in the hopes someone will see him and call authorities with his location?
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Generally to protect the identity of the victims that are children.
 
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