Inquest resumes into death of Clapham chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi
Officers began hunting for Ezedi, 35, after a woman and two girls were attacked in south London on January 31.
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The inquest into the death of Clapham chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi is set to resume.
Officers launched a hunt for Ezedi, 35, after a woman and two girls were attacked in south London on January 31.
The inquest at Poplar Coroners Court, east London, was opened and adjourned on February 27.
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Ezedi’s body was recovered from the River Thames in February after a huge manhunt saw detectives track his final movements along the river on CCTV.
It came after his former girlfriend, a mother-of-two, was doused with a corrosive chemical in a harrowing attack on her and her children, aged eight and three.
Police believe Ezedi, from the Newcastle area, threw a burning chemical over the woman, some of which also injured one of the children, and slammed the three-year-old’s head on the ground in the attack.
He fled the scene and used his bank card to travel on the Tube before walking a route that broadly followed the banks of the River Thames in the following hours.
A body was recovered by the Metropolitan Police’s Marine Policing Unit, with support from London Fire Brigade.