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

[Sherlockhames]

IMAGE SOURCE, METROPOLITAN POLICE
Image caption, Police have released a CCTV image of Ezedi leaving Tower Hill tube station

Clapham attack: Man arrested for allegedly helping Abdul Shokoor Ezedi

Police say a man was detained and bailed on suspicion of helping Abdul Shokoor Ezedi.

www.bbc.co.uk

This image isn’t from Tower Hill station, this is the last known sighting of him on Allhallows Lane at its junction with Hanseatic Walk. (I’ve checked it on Google maps - he’s heading westbound along the river path and here is about to pass under the Cannon Street railway bridge).

I’m thinking it’s clear he had no real plan after he had to dump his car in Clapham and was just travelling around aimlessly. He gets the tube to King’s Cross, maybe with a view to getting a train north to Newcastle (sees the price of a fare and thinks sod that?!), hops on a tube to Victoria, changes to district and circle line to Tower Hill and then exits the station wondering what to do/where to go next. So he walks along the river path and captured here on cctv (I reckon there is more cctv but perhaps this is just the clearest and therefore worth releasing publicly - for reassurance to the public that the police are doing what they can, but that possibly the trail has gone cold). That’s a long walk alongside the water to contemplate life and ones recent actions…

Cops issue new image of Abdul Ezedi near bridge as manhunt goes into fifth day

Police say there has been no sighting of Clapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi since last Wednesday evening after he allegedly doused a mother with a corrosive liquid

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[LadyL]

He came to the UK undetected, didn't he?

Hide and seek seems to be his speciality.
He might stay holed up somewhere for a long time - provided there is food and water.

If he is part of a gang - I doubt anybody would "grass" him.
Revenge could be deadly.
Life is more precious than 20k reward, isn't it?

JMO

I agree with you about him being helped. If you are a criminal yourself though, how can you present yourself to the authorities and claim the 20K? I don’t think they will grass him.

I assume to 'grass' means to 'snitch'?

 

[LadyL]

Any chance he is hiding underneath a burqa/niqāb, such as this criminal below. speculation, imo.
2019

Bank robber disguises himself as Muslim woman during crime spree

He wore a hijab to make his disguise more believable.

metro.co.uk

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don't give him any ideas!

 

[LadyL]

Man arrested on suspicion of assisting Clapham chemical attack suspect - as new sighting reported

Police have recovered Ezedi's mobile phone from the car involved in the incident and are analysing it to establish the relationship between him and the victim, who, they said, is still sedated and could lose sight in one eye.

news.sky.com

they've got his phone!
and he is not the father of the children
kids have been discharged from hospital

ETA: sorry just noticed ya'll already knew this info

 

[LadyL]

Yes, very interesting that he left his phone behind. Clearly he knows that the police can track them. Wherever he went on Wednesday night he went a very convoluted route. South Clapham to King's Cross to Victoria to Tower Hill to Southwark Bridge and presumeably back south of the river on foot.

and yet drove his own car to the scene? and tried to escape in it? makes no sense ... they would've easily tracked his car yet he was trying to drive it out of there

 

[Sherlockhames]

and yet drove his own car to the scene? and tried to escape in it? makes no sense ... they would've easily tracked his car yet he was trying to drive it out of there

Clapham South to Kings Cross makes sense - the tube was v close to where the attack happened and assuming he just headed straight there to get away from being out in the open he would have looked at the map boards and noted that it went straight to King’s Cross with no changes - and that’s the station to get a train back to Newcastle. When he gets off I think that’s when he panics and doesn’t know what to do. Maybe has the presence of mind to realise he maybe needs to keep moving so not sit on a train north for 3 hours. After that I think it’s all just random in an attempt to keep moving. If he had “associates” in east London the why head back West along the Thames river walk at Tower Hill? I think he went west because he wanted to stay off main roads and carry on along the secluded footpath (if you look at the river path eastwards from Tower Hill it’s blocked by security gates, you can’t get under Tower Bridge and have to go up and over which would have felt quite exposed. So I think he either went west straight away or tried walking east but was thwarted so turned around and stayed on the river path which would have been quieter, darker and out of the way of passing traffic.

 

[LadyL]

Clapham South to Kings Cross makes sense - the tube was v close to where the attack happened and assuming he just headed straight there to get away from being out in the open he would have looked at the map boards and noted that it went straight to King’s Cross with no changes - and that’s the station to get a train back to Newcastle. When he gets off I think that’s when he panics and doesn’t know what to do. Maybe has the presence of mind to realise he maybe needs to keep moving so not sit on a train north for 3 hours. After that I think it’s all just random in an attempt to keep moving. If he had “associates” in east London the why head back West along the Thames river walk at Tower Hill? I think he went west because he wanted to stay off main roads and carry on along the secluded footpath (if you look at the river path eastwards from Tower Hill it’s blocked by security gates, you can’t get under Tower Bridge and have to go up and over which would have felt quite exposed. So I think he either went west straight away or tried walking east but was thwarted so turned around and stayed on the river path which would have been quieter, darker and out of the way of passing traffic.

oh sorry I wasn't referring to his path after leaving since I know nothing of that - I'm in Canada
I was referring to him driving and leaving in his car cause that's identifiable and then leaving his phone behind (supposedly so as not to be tracked) - I don't think he left it behind on purpose and I don't think he's very smart driving his own vehicle there

 

[Sherlockhames]

oh sorry I wasn't referring to his path after leaving since I know nothing of that - I'm in Canada
I was referring to him driving and leaving in his car cause that's identifiable and then leaving his phone behind (supposedly so as not to be tracked) - I don't think he left it behind on purpose and I don't think he's very smart driving his own vehicle there

Agreed - I should have quoted the message you were responding to as well. I agree with you - he didn’t have a grand well thought through “plan”. He drove his own car, left his phone behind. I think at that point he is scuppered, alone in a city he maybe doesn’t know all that well and out of ideas.

Unless there is a lot of evidence the police are not sharing, I think he’s reached the end of the line so to speak. Hence why he hasn’t been seen. But this is such a high profile case at such a febrile time politically (with immigration etc) that the police are going to be under the microscope here so are keeping all avenues open.

My only counter narrative to this idea is that he was clearly a tenacious individual to make it all the way from Afghanistan on his own so maybe wouldn’t be the type to give up. But perhaps he would - when he had a plan (seek and gain asylum in the UK) he was driven and motivated. But in failing to execute this clearly planned attack he has run out of options. MOO

 

[Dotta]

I guess he organised the move of his little brother to the UK.

Somebody who performs such a vile attack on a woman and children, must be full of anger/rage.
He threw a little girl on the pavement with all his might
(or tried to but was thwarted by a member of the public).

And yet,
the day before the attack he was seen smiling, not bothered (shop cctv)
He was described as quiet and nice.
Brother called him "caring" and is in shock by, so called, "out of character" behaviour.

Although, his previous crime shows his "true colours" and attitude towards women.

JMO

 

[Vern]

Maybe witnesses saw he got some on his face. They were seeing first hand from the mother and daughters, from themselves too, what burns looked like. Maybe they told police, he got some on his face?

That echos my own leanings on this. There were plenty of witnesses around/involved who obviously would be queried and give statements.

It also seems to me in viewing the photographs of him in the link below, that he may very well have also managed to spill some/ be splashed on his right forearm given the 'black'ish areas that can be seen in the photos of him with coat on & off post-attack - two different pics at two different places, so not just 'lighting'.

Also, I think it may be possible that it may have also gotten onto his right leg ankle/foot area and done some damage there as in the video at the bottom of the link (the one where he falls flat while running), he seems to be limping when he comes into the camera view and prior to his fall.

Clapham 'acid' attacker Abdul Ezedi 'may have gang links', police fear

The National Crime Agency were drafted in on Saturday night to help the Met find the 35-year-old who is suspected of chucking the corrosive alkaline substance.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Any ideas on whose been arrested yet?

I see a 22 year old has been. This article has his brother as being 21 (the brother that they interviewed). For any UK posters, do they not release names of persons arrested there ---- what is the process? Only once charged etc?

Clapham chemical attack: Abdul Ezedi's brother urges him to give himself up

Hassan Ezebi said he saw his brother last week and has backed the Met's appeal

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Dotta]

"Catholic AND Baptist churches helped Clapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi's asylum claim - despite him being a convicted sex attacker.​

A reference from a Baptist chapel in the North East,
where Ezedi was living,
was crucial in persuading an immigration tribunal that he had converted from Islam to Christianity.

This led to him being allowed to stay in Britain on the grounds of human rights.

'The one that really made a difference was from the Baptist church,’
a government source said.

‘One personal written submission talked of knowing Ezedi for four years, he had been attending church and they thought he was a genuine convert'.

Further backing was provided by the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle,
the source claimed."

Catholic AND Baptist churches helped Clapham chemical attack suspect

Abdul Ezedi, who allegedly threw a caustic liquid at a mother and her two children last week, was given a written testimonial by a Baptist minister as well as additional backing from the Catholic church.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[investikater]

"Catholic AND Baptist churches helped Clapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi's asylum claim - despite him being a convicted sex attacker.​

A reference from a Baptist chapel in the North East,
where Ezedi was living,
was crucial in persuading an immigration tribunal that he had converted from Islam to Christianity.

This led to him being allowed to stay in Britain on the grounds of human rights.

'The one that really made a difference was from the Baptist church,’
a government source said.

‘One personal written submission talked of knowing Ezedi for four years, he had been attending church and they thought he was a genuine convert'.
Further backing was provided by the Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle,
the source claimed."

Catholic AND Baptist churches helped Clapham chemical attack suspect

Abdul Ezedi, who allegedly threw a caustic liquid at a mother and her two children last week, was given a written testimonial by a Baptist minister as well as additional backing from the Catholic church.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"A spokesman for the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle said: ‘After checking local parish records and central records and after consulting with clergy, we have no indication that Abdul Ezedi was received into the Catholic faith in this diocese, or that a Catholic priest of this diocese gave him a reference. We do not know which Christian church received him nor which Christian minister gave him a reference.’"

Did he forge it?

 

[Skigh]

Abdul Ezedi vowed revenge after sister was shot dead in Afghanistan

Ezedi, 35, had been sending money back to his family in Afghanistan which he had earned while working in a pizza takeaway in Tyneside, northern England.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Clapham alkali attacker Abdul Shokoor Ezedi was 'very angry' and vowed to avenge the armed robbers who shot his sister dead in his native Afghanistan, a friend has revealed.

Ezedi, 35, had been sending money back to his family in Afghanistan which he had earned while working in a pizza takeaway in Tyneside, northern England.

A close friend, who worked alongside Ezedi in the takeaway, has revealed how distraught the chemical attacker was after his sister was shot dead by armed robbers who were trying to steal the money he had sent home.

The 33-year-old friend, who is an Iranian asylum seeker, also revealed that Ezedi is from a strict Muslim family and believed his father would be enraged by his conversion to Christianity.

Ezedi's colleagues were shocked when he was arrested for a sexual assault and exposing himself - offences committed against two different women within a few weeks of each other.

He was given a suspended sentence and released on an electronic tag but went on to find new employment, enrol on a college course in Newcastle and was eventually granted asylum at the third time of asking.

 

[Skigh]

From the Mail article.

But in around 2017 or 2018 it became known in his neighbourhood that he had sent a large amount of money to his family and there was a robbery on his home.


Not sure I believe he was telling the truth about the robbery.

He is earning enough money to send home ,yet was regularly visiting a charity to collect food and lived in a hostel for the destitute.

 

[Dotta]

From the Mail article.

But in around 2017 or 2018 it became known in his neighbourhood that he had sent a large amount of money to his family and there was a robbery on his home.


Not sure I believe he was telling the truth about the robbery.

He is earning enough money to send home ,yet was regularly visiting a charity to collect food and lived in a hostel for the destitute.

He seems very cunning.
Playing the System perfectly.
IMO !
Goodie Goodie on the outside
But vile and vindictive inside.
Treating women like objects.
And treating the host country the same way.

JMO

 

[sunshineray]

"A spokesman for the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle said: ‘After checking local parish records and central records and after consulting with clergy, we have no indication that Abdul Ezedi was received into the Catholic faith in this diocese, or that a Catholic priest of this diocese gave him a reference. We do not know which Christian church received him nor which Christian minister gave him a reference.’"

Did he forge it?

If so, then did no one call to confirm it?

 

[Dotta]

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[Dotta]

Clapham chemical attack suspect 'exposed himself to woman', friend claims as police manhunt continues

The Clapham chemical attack suspect 'exposed himself to a woman' waiting at a bus stop, a friend has claimed.

www.lbc.co.uk

 

[Sherlockhames]

Latest timeline and stills/cctv released from the met police.

Metropolitan Police

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news.met.police.uk

Updates still have him moving along the north side of the river, updated last known sighting to the Victoria Embankment. (So still walking west along the river - I suppose he could have been aiming to keep moving until someone came to collect him?)

 

[maamager]

I am new to London so just trying to get an idea of where he was last spotted. Is this at all a highly trafficked area?