Summary

  • A nationwide manhunt continues for Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, who is wanted for attacking a mother and her daughters with a corrosive substance in Clapham

  • In a news conference, police say he was last seen boarding a Victoria line tube train south from Kings Cross station at 21:00 on Wednesday

  • Detectives have released new images of the suspect inside the station, with a "significant injury" to his face

  • CCTV also captured Ezedi inside a Tesco store on Caledonian Road just 12 minutes earlier

  • The mother, 31, who was attacked remains "very poorly and is sedated" in hospital, says Met Commander Jon Savell

  • Her daughters, aged eight and three, are still in hospital but their injuries are not as serious as first thought, Savell says

  • Five police officers and four members of the public who helped the victims were also injured in the attack

Live Reporting

  1. 'It was quite horrific' - man in slippers who chased attacker

    A couple who live on Lessar Avenue - where the incident unfolded - said they ran into the street after hearing a cry for help and then the sound of a car crashing.

    "We came outside and saw this guy and he took a girl out of the car and he slammed her to the ground twice," a man, who did not want to give his name, said.

    "I chased him half way down the road, but I was in slippers so didn't get very far.

    "As I came back, that's when I saw the woman who had been attacked ... so I ran inside to get some water and just sprayed her down with water.

    "It was quite horrific."

  2. What happened?

    A white hatchback car stands abandoned in a London streetPA Media

    A white car was left abandoned on the street in Clapham

    A mother and her two girls were doused in their car with a "corrosive substance" in Clapham, south London on Wednesday evening. One witness told the BBC that the mother cried: "I can't see, I can't see".

    Eight people were taken to hospital - five to a major trauma centre.

    A neighbour, who did not want to give his name, said “we came outside and saw this guy and he took a girl out of the car and he slammed her to the ground twice”.

    • Our full report is up here

  3. Eight taken to hospital after south London 'acid' attack

    Police stand by an abandoned car at the site of a substance attack in south LondonPA Media

    You've joined our live coverage of an attack in south London, in which a mother and her two daughters were doused with a “corrosive substance”.

    Eight people have been taken to hospital - a ninth was discharged at the scene - and police have launched a manhunt to find the attacker.

    It's Gabriela Pomeroy, Tarik Habte, Sam Hancock and James FitzGerald monitoring events this morning. Stay with us and we’ll bring you any lines we receive from the emergency services.