Manhunt for Abdul Ezedi who ‘threw flask of oven cleaner’ over family enters 2nd day – as map reveals last sightings

THE MANHUNT for a former asylum seeker who allegedly threw a flask of oven cleaner over a mum and two kids has entered its second day.

Cops are scouring the country for Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, after 12 people were injured in the horror chemical attack on Wednesday night. 

The victims include a mum who wrestled with the maniac who doused her and her young kids with a corrosive liquid, then tried to run her over.

Members of the public and cops were also burned as they rushed to the family’s aid.

Ezedi is now being hunted by police, who have urged the public not to confront him and instead call 999 immediately.

He was last seen in a North London Tesco - close to King’s Cross Station - at 8.48pm, where he is believed to have bought a bottle of water.

Terrifying photos show his face melted and bloody as he calmly shops in a blue t-shirt and black hoody.

Ezedi is accused of dousing a mum and her daughters, aged three and eight, with a corrosive chemical - believed to be oven cleaner.

It is understood he carried the chemical in a metal coffee cup.

He is believed to have tracked the mum down to the two-star Clapham South Belvedere Hotel, where she was staying in a local council-provided room.

Just before 7.30pm a row broke out which spilled into a residential street near Clapham Common, South West London.

The suspect is thought to have grabbed the youngest child and put her in the back of a white car.

As the mum and older daughter tried to intervene, he then threw an alkaline substance, believed to be oven cleaner, at them.

Shocking CCTV footage shows the man running around the car and slamming shut a rear door before getting into the driver’s seat.

The woman and her daughter can be seen reaching out for each other with one hand while clutching their eyes with the other. At one point the suspect drives at the woman who throws her arms into the air.

Everything we know...

• Chief suspect Abdul Ezedi is a convicted sex offender and former asylum seeker
• Cops have released a new photo, showing him with a melted face an hour after the attack
• Video shows a figure fleeing through the darkness after a chemical attack
• The 31-year-old woman and her daughters, aged 3 and 8, all remain in hospital
• The family is feared to have been deliberately targeted in the horror

He then jumped out the car and grabbed the three-year-old  before throwing her down on the ground twice “like a rag doll.”

The suspect got back into the motor but crashed into a parked car and fled the scene, pursued by members of the public.

Others who raced to help the family suffered burns themselves.

Police were last night trying to piece together the chain of events - and are working with Northumbria Police.

Ezedi had been living in Newcastle for several years but is thought to have travelled to London recently. Witnesses said Ezedi spent his days “hanging around the streets” of Newcastle near the hostel where he was living last summer.

Locals in King’s Cross,  North London, said Ezedi stayed there recently and attended a job centre.

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Met Police Superintendent Gabriel Cameron said: “We’re working to establish the circumstances.

“A manhunt to trace Ezedi is under way. We are working with partner agencies and forces including the British Transport Police to locate and arrest him. If you see Ezedi, call 999 immediately. He should not  be approached.”

Home Secretary James Cleverly said: “Last night’s attack on a mother and her two children in Clapham was appalling.

“My thoughts are with them and the brave members of the public and police who intervened. I ask the public to support the Metropolitan Police’s appeal and to come forward if they have any information.”