A man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender as police continue to search for the Clapham chemical attack suspect.
The 22-year-old man was arrested Monday morning and has been released on bail.
Police have said the manhunt for Abdul Ezedi – the suspect in the attack – is working at a “considerable pace” and will release new CCTV footage of him on Southwark Bridge, central London, on Wednesday evening.
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They 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.
They are not sure how long Ezedi has known the woman injured in the attack or if they were in a relationship. Police said she has “significant facial injuries” and could lose sight in her right eye. She is still sedated in a critical but stable condition.
Police have narrowed down the substance used to “one or two alkalines” and also confirmed that Ezedi is not the father of the children who were injured in the attack.
Twelve people were injured in total in the attack involving a corrosive alkaline substance in Clapham, southwest London, on Wednesday 31 January, including the woman, 31, and her two daughters, aged three and eight. All three remain in hospital, with the mother’s injuries thought to be “life-changing”.
Ezedi, 35, has been urged by police to hand himself in after going on the run following the attack involving a corrosive alkaline substance in Clapham, southwest London, on Wednesday 31 January.
A reward of up to £20,000 is being offered for information on Ezedi, 35, amid an ongoing national manhunt, with the Metropolitan Police working with the British Transport Police and officers with Northumbria Police in Newcastle, where Ezedi lived.
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