London police hunt for chemical attack perpetrator. The alleged perpetrator of the attack was granted asylum despite a conviction for a sex offense.
Police suspect Abdul Ezedi, a 35-year-old man living in the Newcastle area (northeast of England) of being the perpetrator of this attack. Police Chief Mark Rowley, who insisted on Thursday that he would “hunt down” this attacker, ruled out at this stage the hypothesis of a terrorist attack. After a series of attacks involving corrosive substances which shocked the United Kingdom a few years ago, these incidents have become rarer.