Two male bodies have been recovered from the River Thames as police search for a suspect who severely injured a “vulnerable” woman and her two young daughters in a chemical assault.
Neither body was identified as that of Abdul Ezedi, who has been on the run since the attack on 31 January in Clapham, south London. He was last seen walking “with purpose” to Chelsea Bridge in west London and was captured on CCTV leaning over the railings of the bridge on the night of the attack.
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The bodies of two men were pulled from the river on Saturday, and both deaths are being treated by police as “unexpected pending further inquiries”.
It is understood they were found not as a direct result of the search operation for 35-year-old Ezedi.
It’s been the bit of the coverage that keeps making me go “wait, what?”. Conversion to Christianity isn’t a requirement but it does seem be a factor that can be considered. This is a less sensational overview than some doing the rounds and they point out that some people “convert” because they couldn’t be a Christian in their home country (like Afghanistan, where the Taliban might not look kindly on it). A claim for asylum partly based on escaping religious persecution might be viewed more favourably.