Clapham Chemical Attack Suspect Is Afghan Immigrant With Conviction Sexual Assault

The suspect in a chemical attack on a woman and a child in Clapham, south London, arrived in Britain illegally from Afghanistan and was later convicted of a sexual assault, it has emerged. Eleven people were taken to hospital on Wednesday night after a man armed with a corrosive alkaline substance attacked a woman and her two children on a quiet residential road near Clapham Common. The 31-year-old woman and her youngest daughter, aged three, are believed to have suffered “life-changing” injuries. On Thursday, the Metropolitan Police identified Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, as the suspect and released a photograph of him, taken from CCTV in a supermarket later on Wednesday evening, showing him with a black scar on his face....