Detectives leading the manhunt for wanted Abdul Ezedi now believe he went into the River Thames at Chelsea Bridge.
Meticulous work to examine CCTV footage continued overnight. We updated yesterday that the last confirmed sighting of Ezedi was crossing over Chelsea Bridge shortly before 11.30pm on Wednesday 31 January, the night of the attack in Clapham which left a mother and her two children badly injured.
The footage shows Ezedi disappearing from view. Our specialist team have spent the last 24 hours obtaining more footage of the area, including from passing buses, to confirm as far as possible what has happened.
Commander Jon Savell said: “Our enquiries continue but we have been very closely following all the available evidence for the past week and indications are now that Ezedi entered the water.
“We have tracked him since the moment the attack happened walking for four hours through London, in the main hugging the river.
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“He is a man who had just carried out the most horrific attack and was suffering from significant injuries himself which must have been causing him an extraordinary amount of pain.
