Now the police has revealed that the suspect in an alkali attack in south London was convicted of a sex offence in 2018 and was later granted asylum after applying three times.
Detectives are searching for a “dangerous individual” in connection with an attack using a corrosive substance in south London, which left a mother and her two daughters in hospital.
The Metropolitan Police are urging anyone with information on Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, 35, a suspected sex offender and who has ties to Newcastle, to come forward.
The mother, who is aged 31, and her two daughters – aged eight and three – all remain in hospital. She and her youngest child may be left with life-changing injuries, the Met said.
Mr Ezedi “may have been known to police”, Metropolitan Police Superintendent Gabriel Cameron said.
He added he is “wholeheartedly confident” the attacker will be caught.
