CHILLING new CCTV footage has revealed the final sighting of Abdul Ezedi with a melted face at King’s Cross Underground Station.
The 35-year-old, from the Newcastle area, is still on the run after 12 people were injured in the horror attack on Wednesday evening.
Met PoliceClapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi at King’s Cross Underground Station[/caption]
Met PoliceEzedi was captured on CCTV seen at the station at 9pm[/caption]
The suspect is described by police as having “significant injuries to the right side of his face” having last been seen at a supermarket in north London.
The sighting came just over an hour after an attack on a 31-year-old woman, believed to be known to Ezedi, who was with her daughters, aged three and eight.
All three victims remain in hospital.
Members of the public and cops were also burned as they rushed to the family’s aid.
Today police gave an update on the victims and a timeline of Ezedi’s movements.
Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said: “First of all, an update on how our victims are doing.
“The mother remains very poorly in hospital and she’s sedated at the moment. We expect that those injuries will be life changing.
“Thankfully, we’ve had an update from the hospital that the two young children that were with her, their injuries aren’t as serious as first thought, and they are not likely to be life changing.
“They remain with mum in the care of the NHS, and we of course wish them the very best recovery that we can.”
He continued: “In terms of our manhunt for Ezedi, we have a large team of very experienced detectives leading the manhunt, using all the tactics that you would expect us to use, lots of officers out on the ground.
“We’re working very closely with colleagues from Transport for London, British Transport Police and our colleagues in Northumbria Police as well.
“Last night, five search warrants were executed: two in East London and three up in Newcastle.
“And we’ve recovered some significant and important pieces of evidence which will help with our investigation.
“I’d like to give you a rundown of the timeline that we know so far in relation to what happened and the movements on Wednesday.
“So we know that it’s Eddie left Newcastle in the very very early hours of Wednesday morning, and he travelled down south to London.
“At around about 6:30am, he was in the Tooting area.
“There was a further sighting of his vehicle at about 4:30pm in Croydon and at about 7pm he was in the Streatham area.
“As you know, the awful attack took place at 25 past seven in the evening in Clapham and it’s 33 minutes past seven, he boards a train at Clapham South tube.
“We know that at 8pm, he was at Kings Cross tube station and then at about quarter to nine, you’ve seen the images, he was captured in Tesco on the Caledonian Road, which are the images you’ve seen with a fairly significant facial injury.
“Thankfully, due to the great response we’ve had from the public, we’re able to follow him and know that he got on a train at 9pm – a Victoria line to heading south and we’ve got some further images from the CCTV that my colleagues will share with you shortly.”
Making his direct appeal to Ezedi, Savell said: “Abdul, you clearly have got some very significant injuries.
“We’ve seen the images. You need some medical help, so do the right thing and hand yourself in.”
Two empty containers with corrosive warnings on the label were found at an address in Newcastle.
Forensic tests are currently ongoing to see if the containers held the substance used in the attack in Clapham.
Ezedi has been hunted by police, who urged the public not to confront him.
EnterpriseHe was last seen in a North London Tesco – close to King’s Cross Station – at 8.48pm[/caption]
UKNIPOfficers wearing hazmat suits raided an address in east London this morning[/caption]
EnterpriseCops released this mugshot of Ezedi yesterday[/caption]
He was last seen in a North London Tesco – close to King’s Cross Station – at 8.48pm, where he is believed to have bought a bottle of water.
Terrifying photos showed his face melted and bloody as he calmly shopped in a blue t-shirt and black hoody.
In the early hours of this morning officers hunting Ezedi raided an address in Leyton, east London.
Snaps show cops wearing hazmat suits and PPE face masks, as an apparent precaution against dangerous chemicals.
A source said that a large number of cops swarmed the Leyton address just before 2am, smashing down doors.
The London Fire Brigade said it was called at 1.47am and that firefighters stayed at the scene until 5.29am.
Witnesses have told how after the horrific attack the woman staggered blindly along the street wailing: “I can’t see. I can’t see.”
The vulnerable victim — believed to have been living in hiding from Afghan refugee Abdul Ezedi — was targeted in Clapham on Wednesday evening.
Now it has been revealed that Ezedi arrived in the UK in a lorry and failed to claim asylum.
However, he then converted to Christianity and was accepted on his third attempt with a priest as a character witness.
Ezedi pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual assault and one of exposure before he was granted asylum, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.
He was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on January 9, 2018, to a nine-week jail term suspended for two years for the sexual assault.
TRACKED DOWN
For the exposure he was given 36 weeks’ imprisonment to be served consecutively, which was also suspended for two years.
Just before 7.30pm on Wednesday a row broke out which spilled into a residential street near Clapham Common, South West London.
Ezedi is believed to have tracked his victim down to the two-star Clapham South Belvedere Hotel, where she was staying with her daughters aged eight and three in a local council-provided room.
The suspect is thought to have grabbed the youngest child and put her in the back of a white car.
As the mum and older daughter tried to intervene, he then threw an alkaline substance, believed to be oven cleaner, at them.
Shocking CCTV footage shows the man running around the car and slamming shut a rear door before getting into the driver’s seat.
The woman and her daughter can be seen reaching out for each other with one hand while clutching their eyes with the other.
At one point the suspect drives at the woman who throws her arms into the air.
He then jumped out the car and grabbed the three-year-old before throwing her down on the ground twice “like a rag doll”.
The suspect got back into the motor but crashed into a parked car and fled the scene, pursued by members of the public.
Others who raced to help the family suffered burns themselves.
Mum-of-three Shannon Christie, who lives in a block of flats at the end of the road, was scorched by the corrosive liquid as she went to the rescue of the youngest child.
‘HORRENDOUS’
Bus driver Shannon, 35, said: “I heard the commotion and ran out.
“I saw a little girl being thrown to the floor. At that point, I ran in and grabbed her off the floor.
“I heard her mum shouting ‘I can’t see, I can’t see’. So I called my partner to get some water.
“Staff at the hospital came round and were dousing her with water. At that point my skin started to tingle.
“Me and the little girl went into the block to wash our eyes and faces with water.”
Shannon went on: “I think what happened is she got it on her jacket when she fell on the floor and then it transferred to me.
“I went to hospital because my lips kept burning but they couldn’t identify what the substance was.”
She added: “The youngest girl was three years old. I tried to talk to her and ask what her name was but she just kept crying.
“The mum was walking along the street but she couldn’t see anything.
“Staff from the hotel came out to help as well.”
‘MY EYES’
Shannon told how her partner chased after the attacker, dressed in black, but was wearing slippers and lost him.
She added: “I think it was a domestic incident.”
Another witness said: “There was a little baby girl banging on the door on the man’s side, the lady was crying, screaming ‘my eyes, my eyes, police’.
“He opened the door, took out the baby and banged her against the ground twice, I’m talking hard, bang.”
Another female witness added: “It was horrendous. I heard people screaming. I saw a car and thought there had been an accident.
“I saw him come out of the driver’s side and take out a child from the back of the car.
“He extended his arms and threw her like a rag doll to the ground.
“Then he did it again. I thought she was dead. She didn’t make any noise.
“I heard the baby say “I want my mum, I want my mum’. I was so relieved she was alive.
“I saw a silver canister that may have been what the corrosive substance was in.”
One man said of the woman: “She was screaming: ‘My eyes! My eyes!’.
“I then ran into my house, grabbed a water bottle and threw water on her eyes. Her lips were black. Her skin looked burnt.”
SkyThe attack took place in Clapham on Wednesday night[/caption]
mAIL oNLINENew footage shows a man fleeing the scene in Clapham[/caption]
A white substance was splattered on the car’s window
HOW THE CLAPHAM ALKALI ATTACK AND POLICE SEARCH FOR SUSPECT HAS UNFOLDED
The suspect in the south London alkali attack is on the run and being hunted by police.
Here’s a timeline of how events have unfolded so far:
– Wednesday
– Very early hours
Ezedi is said to have travelled to London from Newcastle, where he had been living.
– 6.30am
He was in the Tooting area.
– 4.30pm
There was a further sighting of his vehicle in Croydon.
– 7pm
He was in the Streatham area.
– 7.25pm
The attack on a 31-year-old woman, believed to be known to Ezedi, who was with her daughters, aged three and eight, takes place.
Ezedi is said to have made an attempt to drive away from the scene but crashed into a stationary vehicle and fled on foot.
The Metropolitan Police was called the scene, with 12 people, including five officers, injured.
– 7.33pm
He boards a train at Clapham South tube.
– 8pm
He was at Kings Cross tube station.
– 8.45pm
Ezedi was seen with significant injuries at a Tesco Express shop on Caledonian Road, north London.
He is believed to have bought a bottle of water before leaving the shop and turning right.
– 9pm
He got on a Victoria line train heading south.
– Thursday
– 9.30am
Scotland Yard says the 31-year-old woman and three-year-old girl have potentially life-changing injuries.
– 1.35pm
Ezedi’s identity is revealed and members of the public are warned to stay away from him.
The Met said it is working with Northumbria Police as the wanted man may be trying to return to the North East.
– 4pm
There was a heightened police presence on Caledonian Road, as unmarked cars with blue sirens could be seen and police vehicles drove around the area.
– 6pm
The image of Ezedi buying a bottle of water is released.
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