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London Police Say Chemical Attacker Presumed Dead
  + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
LONDON (Reuters) - London police said on Friday that a man suspected of injuring several people last week by throwing a corrosive chemical on them is now presumed to have drowned in the River Thames. The case has drawn political attention in Britain because Ezedi had been granted asylum after a sexual assault conviction. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell told reporters authorities now presume, based on CCTV footage, that Ezedi went into the River Thames from a bridge in west London. "It is now our main working theory that Ezedi has actually gone into the Thames from Chelsea Bridge. All of our work thus far has not seen him come off the bridge," Savell said.
Persons: Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, Ezedi, Jon Savell, Savell, Rishi Sunak, Sachin Ravikumar, Mark Potter Organizations: London, Police, Metropolitan Police, Chelsea Bridge, BBC Locations: London, Britain, Chelsea, Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - British police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who injured several people by throwing a corrosive chemical on them, with political attention focusing on his status as someone who had been granted asylum after a conviction for sexual assault. Three other women and one man who came to their aid suffered minor burns injuries and five police officers who responded were also injured. "Wednesday's attack on a mother and her two children in Clapham was appalling," Britain's interior minister James Cleverly said in a statement on Friday. A source familiar with the case told Reuters that Ezedi had been granted asylum in Britain and had a previous conviction for sexual assault. Police said it was reported that Ezedi had thrown a child to the ground and that the chemical used in the attack was alkaline.
Persons: Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, James, Ezedi, Rishi Sunak, David Johnston, Robert Jenrick, Sachin Ravikumar, Andrew MacAskill, Gareth Jones Organizations: British, London's Metropolitan Police, Reuters, Police, BBC, Sunak's Conservative Party Locations: Clapham, London, Britain, Afghanistan, Rwanda
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