Detectives hunting for alkali attack suspect Abdul Ezedi have arrested and bailed a 22-year-old man on suspicion of assisting an offender, it has been revealed.
Investigators are trawling through hundreds of hours of CCTV and have tracked Ezedi’s movements on the Tube network via his bank card, with the latest sighting now on Southwark Bridge at 9.50pm on Wednesday.
The last confirmed time Ezedi used his bank card was on Wednesday, police said.
Counter-terrorism officers are helping sift through CCTV as part of the massive manhunt following the horror attack in Clapham, south London. Police said Ezedi left Newcastle in the early hours of Wednesday and travelled south to London and was in the Tooting area by about 6.30am.
A 31-year-old woman may lose the sight in her right eye after the attack while her daughters, aged eight and three, were also hurt but have since been discharged from hospital.
Detectives are working on the premise that he is either being hidden by someone or has come to harm.
He was using his bank card to travel around on the Tube network, but the card has not been used since Wednesday.
Ezedi does not have his phone on him – which makes the search more challenging, officers said – it has been recovered and analysed by police.
Officers arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of assisting an offender on Monday and later released him on bail.
However, they said that there is no evidence to suggest Ezedi had planned to go on the run.
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A 31-year-old woman may lose the sight in her right eye after the attack, while her daughters – aged eight and three – were also hurt but have since been discharged from hospital.
The manhunt entered its fifth day on Monday with a £20,000 reward in place for anyone with information leading to Ezedi’s arrest.
More than 200 calls have been received from members of the public with potential sightings, but they have since been discounted.
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