The search for Abdul Ezedi, the 35-year-old Afghan asylum seeker suspected of dousing a mother and her two daughters with a corrosive substance in Clapham, south London, entered its fifth day today. Amid the ongoing manhunt, speculation about Ezedi’s fate has grown, with a former counter-terrorism chief suggesting he may already be deceased.

The Metropolitan Police" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="97558">Metropolitan Police have been diligently pursuing Ezedi since the horrific attack, which left the mother with potentially life-changing injuries. She remains in critical but stable condition, while her two daughters, aged three and eight, have been released from the hospital after receiving treatment for burns.

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