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

[Megnut]

Two bodies found in search for suspect Ezedi as officers return to Thames

Two bodies, unrelated to Ezedi, were found on Saturday morning as the force began searching the River Thames

www.independent.co.uk

Jane Dalton,Athena Stavrou
7 hours ago

• Police launch second day of River Thames search
• Detectives working on hypothesis that Ezedi fell or jumped into Thames
• Two bodies found in Thames
• Suspect’s death is most probable outcome, say police
• Mother has significant facial injuries that will affect her ‘for rest of life’''

''Police have resumed their search of an area of the River Thames in central London for alkali attack suspect Abdul Ezedi.
Marine police teams have been searching around the Chelsea Bridge area on Sunday after the search began on Saturday, with a police boat seen circling between Vauxhall and Chelsea bridges.
The bodies of two men were found in the river on Saturday – but neither are that of Abdul Ezedi.
One body was found at 10.13am on Saturday near to HMS Belfast and another at 10.39am in Limehouse the same morning. Both deaths are being treated by the force as “unexpected pending further enquiries”.

''Police are in contact with a member of Abdul Ezedi’s family to break the news to them that they believe he drowned.
Commander Jon Savell said at a news briefing on Friday: “We have updated Ezedi’s family this afternoon with these latest developments and they are being supported by a specialist family liaison officer.''

What kind of world do we live in that a river trawl for one body yields two other bodies?

I do hope the river coughs him up, only so the river and the world can be less polluted by him and his victims can have that tiny bit of security in knowing that he is a thoroughly dead threat.

Jmo

 

[Marantz4250b]

@GoBuckeyes

His body has not been found but seems investigators are now pretty sure he's entered the river thames. Whether to off himself or... attempt a swim to the other side? Who knows.

I haven't followed this too closely - I rarely watch the news these days, tbh - but weren't there apparently sightings of him several days after the attack? Admittedly, I may be wrong on this.

 

[iamshadow21]

I haven't followed this too closely - I rarely watch the news these days, tbh - but weren't there apparently sightings of him several days after the attack? Admittedly, I may be wrong on this.

Not to my knowledge.

MOO

 

[RobinCAL]

Abdul Ezedi: Police resume hunt for chemical attack suspect after finding two 'unexpected' bodies

Marine police teams were searching in the Thames near Chelsea Bridge for Abdul Ezedi, who is accused of throwing a strong alkali on his ex-partner and injuring her daughters.

news.sky.com

 

[cujenn81]

I haven't followed this too closely - I rarely watch the news these days, tbh - but weren't there apparently sightings of him several days after the attack? Admittedly, I may be wrong on this.

There were several sightings of him on various cameras around the city—on the tube, in a convenience store, walking along a bridge path—but the sightings all occurred within a few hours of the attack. It’s just that LE released the images as they discovered them, one at a time, over the course of a week. So, I can understand how one might misinterpret the sightings as happening over the span of several days, but they actually all occurred within just a few hours of the attack.

 

[malefactor9]

Quick question that I might have missed mentioned earlier. How did the police officers get injured?

 

[malefactor9]

Quick question that I might have missed mentioned earlier. How did the police officers get injured?

 

[iamshadow21]

Quick question that I might have missed mentioned earlier. How did the police officers get injured?

Corrosive chemicals of a high pH can burn your skin but can also burn your nasal sinuses and windpipe if you're breathing them in. They wouldn't have had to have touched the liquid to have been injured by it.

MOO

 

[Dotta]

"The family of the Clapham chemical attack
have said the woman who was injured
is still recovering in hospital.

The 31-year-old mother of two
remains sedated
and they still have no idea
what impact the horror assault will have on her eyesight.

'We still don’t know the full extent of damage to her vision'."

Family of Clapham chemical attack victim give update from hospital bed

The family said: 'Mum continues to be sedated in hospital. We still don’t know the full extent of damage to her vision.

metro.co.uk

 

[Dotta]

"Passengers threatened with substance on Thorton Heath bus."​

Copycat?

Passengers 'threatened with unknown substance' in Croydon bus standoff

A man has been arrested after passengers on a bus in Croydon were threatened with an unknown substance.

www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

 

[benowens]

There has been another chemical attack on Ramsgate as well. Could this be the Columbine of acid attacks?

 

[EricAcaciaAvenue]

There were 710 "acid" attacks last year - so 2 per day. Not sure reporting of the odd one here and there should be treated as some sort of an epidemic.

Acid attacks increase by 69% in a year in England and Wales, charity warns

Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) said the attacks, which cause instant and excruciating pain and can leave victims with life-changing disabilities, had been declining following a peak in 2017, but cases spiked last year.

news.sky.com

 

[Dotta]

There were 710 "acid" attacks last year - so 2 per day. Not sure reporting of the odd one here and there should be treated as some sort of an epidemic.

Acid attacks increase by 69% in a year in England and Wales, charity warns

Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) said the attacks, which cause instant and excruciating pain and can leave victims with life-changing disabilities, had been declining following a peak in 2017, but cases spiked last year.

news.sky.com

Hmmm...

"Some sort of" epidemic?

IMO
It looks like full blown epidemic

JMO

 

[EricAcaciaAvenue]

There are 70 million people in the UK. So on average any given person will be attacked with acid once in every 100,000 years.

 

[Dotta]

There are 70 million people in the UK. So on average any given person will be attacked with acid once in every 100,000 years.

Denial is so comforting.

Until it affects a person.
Or a member of one's family


JMO

 

[dotr]

Lengthy article, upsetting victim pics at link.

Women 'don't feel safe' after chemical assaults in UK surge

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Female victims of acid attacks 'are not being taken seriously' following a rise in incidents across the UK, charities have warned.

www.dailymail.co.uk

12 Feb '24

• ''WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT
• Plea issued for police officers to take urgent action after spike in attacks
• 710 acid attacks were recorded in 2022, an increase of 69 percent on 2021''

''Female acid attack victims are not being taken seriously by police and do not feel safe going out at night amid a terrifying rise in chemical attacks by abusive boyfriends in Britain, charities have warned.

Figures from charity Acid Survivors Trust International (Asti) revealed how attacks in London rose by 45 percent last year and a staggering 69 percent across England and Wales.''

Katie Piper, 40, was attacked with acid by her ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch and his accomplice Stefan Sylvestre in 2008, causing serious injuries and blindness in one eye

 

[dotr]

Oct 28, 2021 #howtosurvive #acid
You’re walking down the street when a stranger approaches you and suddenly throws a cup of liquid in your face. Your skin and eyes start burning, and you can’t see anything. What was in that cup? And what is it doing to your body? What does acid do to your skin? How could water prevent you from needing surgery? And why would you need to measure the burn?

Dec 20, 2018 How Not To Die S1 E5
If someone was attacked with acid, would you know what to do to help?On the last day of a volunteering trip in Zanzibar, 18-year-old Katie was innocently walking down the street when a moped pulled up beside her and threw acid all over her body.

 

[EricAcaciaAvenue]

Denial is so comforting.

Until it affects a person.
Or a member of one's family


JMO

I'd say the facts - namely that being the victim of an acid attack is vanishingly rare - are pretty comforting.

What isn't comforting, or sensible, is kneejerk hysteria about "epidemics" of what is in fact an exceptionally rare crime. It's the same sort of nonsense that makes people think that serial killers are on any street corner. That sort of innumerate fear-mongering does far more harm than the crimes themselves.

 

[Lucy6226]

I'd say the facts - namely that being the victim of an acid attack is vanishingly rare - are pretty comforting.

What isn't comforting, or sensible, is kneejerk hysteria about "epidemics" of what is in fact an exceptionally rare crime. It's the same sort of nonsense that makes people think that serial killers are on any street corner. That sort of innumerate fear-mongering does far more harm than the crimes themselves.

Absolutely agree. Far more likely to get mugged or stabbed imo

However it is good to see awareness being spread on what you should do in event of an acid attack

 

[malefactor9]

Corrosive chemicals of a high pH can burn your skin but can also burn your nasal sinuses and windpipe if you're breathing them in. They wouldn't have had to have touched the liquid to have been injured by it.

MOO

Thanks, can't find any information about when the police were involved in the media reports I've read. Only saying that multiple officers were injured, how did this happen? Was it at the scene of the attack and if so how did he escape?