Clapham chemical attack fugitive Abdul Ezedi's brother urges him to give himself up | AR27YZP | 2024-02-07 06:08:01
Distraught Hassan Ezedi, 21, spoke after riot squad police officers in hazmat suits raided his East London
THE brother of chemical attack fugitive Abdul Ezedi urged him to provide himself up tonight.
Distraught Hassan Ezedi, 21, spoke after riot squad police officers in hazmat suits raided his East London house at 2am on the lookout for his 35-year-old brother.
It was considered one of five raids carried out in London and Newcastle to seek out Ezedi after a mother and her two young daughters had a corrosive substance thrown on them in Clapham, South West London.
Ezedi also tried to run over the mum in his automotive.
Hassan stated: "If I knew where he was, I'd turn him in for what he did.
"I don't know if he's alive or the place he is now.
"I noticed him briefly last week.
"He wasn't dwelling with me.
"He was in Newcastle."
Police stated the 31-year-old mum, recognized to Ezedi, suffered life-changing injuries in Wednesday night time's assault and was "very poorly" in hospital.
Her daughters, aged three and eight, also sustained burns and remained in hospital, although their situation was enhancing and docs stated their accidents won't be life-affecting.
Three ladies who suffered burns as they tended the victims have all been discharged from hospital.
Five cops who additionally suffered minor accidents returned to obligation in the present day.
Afghan asylum-seeker and convicted intercourse offender Ezedi suffered critical accidents to his proper eye and face after travelling 291 miles from his residence in Newcastle to allegedly carry out the attack.
He was still at giant earlier tonight as a nationwide search and all-ports alert continued in considered one of Britain's largest manhunts for years.
Ezedi was final seen on CCTV at King's Cross station, central London, where he boarded a southbound Victoria Line Tube before vanishing.
That was 90 minutes after the assault.
Early at the moment, at the very least a dozen cops sporting fuel masks, blue chemical suits and carrying shields stormed the YMCA-run hostel in Leyton, East London, where Hassan lives.
Another resident there, 20-year-old Kami Bowden, stated: "It was scary because the police had Tasers in their arms.
"They have been shouting fairly loudly.
"We might hear them smacking on my door.
"Fairly frankly I used to be crapping myself.
"They informed me to stroll backwards out of the room with my palms on my head.
"They took us to the opposite aspect of the street and stated it wasn't protected to be in the premises."
Police carried out one other overnight raid in the capital and three extra in Newcastle.
Met commander Jon Savell stated: "Two empty containers with corrosive warnings on the label have been discovered at an handle in Newcastle.
"Forensic checks are at present ongoing to see if the containers held the substance used in the assault in Clapham."
It fuels suspicion that Ezedi deliberately deliberate the chemical attack, pouring the contents of an alkaline fluid reminiscent of oven cleaner into two metallic silver flasks found at the scene.
The lady he allegedly targeted had been dwelling together with her women in a Clapham lodge for the past fortnight.
It was thought she was in hiding from Ezedi.
Commander Savell appealed for Ezedi to provide himself up and get medical help.
He urged anybody who sees him not to strategy him and to name 999.
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