A man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender as the manhunt continues for chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi.
Officers have been searching for the 35-year-old since Wednesday after a woman, 31, and her daughters, aged eight and three, were attacked with a “very strong concentrated corrosive substance” in Clapham, south London.
In their latest update, the Metropolitan Police said that the woman remains in a very critical but stable condition, with significant facial injuries that will likely remain for the rest of her life.
It is possible she might lose her right eye, while detectives have said they remain unsure as to the motive behind the attack.
Police have also discovered new CCTV images of Ezedi in the Southwark Bridge area at 9.50pm on Wednesday after exiting Tower Hill station at 9.33pm. He has not used his bank card since but police are not currently searching the River Thames.
The Met has offered a £20,000 reward for information on the chemical attack suspect, as a former senior police officer said that Ezedi could have come to harm or is being hidden by someone.
