Police imagine they’ve discovered Abdul Ezedi lifeless within the Thames after a physique was noticed within the water by a passing boat.
The Afghan-born asylum seeker was needed for a brutal assault on a mom and her kids in Clapham the place he doused them in alkaline.
Scotland Yard has mentioned at 4pm yesterday the crew of a passing boat reported that they had seen a physique within the water at Tower Pier in east London. He was final seen a number of miles away in Chelsea.
The physique was recovered by the Met’s Marine Policing Unit and has been considered by detectives engaged on the investigation.
Commander Jon Savell mentioned: ‘Primarily based on the distinctive clothes he was sporting on the time of the assault and property discovered on his physique, we strongly imagine we’ve recovered the physique of Ezedi.
‘We now have been in touch together with his household to move on the information.
A CCTV picture of Clapham acid assault suspect Abdul Ezedi (pictured) who’s believed to have been discovered lifeless within the River Thames
A police boat is seen on the Thames on February 10 as officers seek for the physique of Ezedi
‘As you could count on after a substantial time period within the robust present of the Thames, formal identification isn’t potential visually, nor from fingerprints. We’ll work with the coroner on different methods to finish formal identification, equivalent to DNA testing and dental data. Which will take a while.
‘Our enquiries proceed into the assault. I’m happy to say the situation of the 31-year-old lady has improved. She stays in hospital however she is in a steady situation and not sedated. We now have nonetheless not been capable of converse to her however hope to as quickly as she is nicely sufficient.
‘Once more, I thank all these a whole bunch of members of the general public who referred to as us with data through the hunt for Ezedi. The general public assist for our investigation was overwhelming and every bit of data supplied was adopted up.’
Newcastle-based Ezedi has not been seen since he allegedly poured the chemical on the lady and her two kids, aged three and eight.
The mother-of-two was left in a important situation sedated in hospital with police revealing she continues to be ‘too [poorly to speak’ due to her ‘significant injuries’.
Her daughters were discharged from hospital after doctors confirmed their injuries were less severe than first thought.
Following the attack, which took place on a leafy street in south west London, Ezedi fled the scene, with his movements on that night being captured on CCTV across the capital.
