Police name Clapham corrosive attack suspect
Superintendent Gabriel Cameron of the Metropolitan Police names Abdul Ezedi as the suspect wanted for an attack using a corrosive substance which left a toddler and her mother with potentially life-changing injuries. A 31-year-old woman, who is believed to be known to Ezedi, and her three-year-old daughter, alongside her other daughter, aged eight, remain in hospital in a stable condition. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I'm here to talk through a horrific incident that occurred last night which resulted in a 31 year old female and two children aged 3 and 8 being attacked with a corrosive substance which we now confirm to be an alcohol.
00:16 A male was with them in the vicinity, a 35 year old male called Abdul Ezedi and he left the scene but the injuries to the female and children, they're in a stable condition but we are just monitoring but they don't seem to be life threatening but at this time they could be life changing.
00:38 The male was last seen in the North London area, Caledonian Road and if you see him, there'll be some images circulated later today, if you see him I plea to not approach him.
00:52 He's a 90, call 999, he has significant injuries to the right side of his face. I have a special number, if you do have any information, any dash cam footage, ring doorbell footage, I've got a number which I'll plea for you to call, it will go direct to my specialist officers and that number is 0207 175 2784.
01:19 Failing that you can always call Crime Stoppers on 101.
01:23 I really want to give thanks to the local community. I had three members of our community, three women and one male who attempted to stop the perpetrator.
01:35 They were injured in the process, they've sustained injuries but thankfully they're not too harmful. Also I want to thank LFB, London Fire Brigade, local ambulance service, five of my local officers were also injured. Thankfully no one has got any life threatening, life changing injuries.