Two ‘unexpected’ bodies recovered from Thames in search for Abdul Ezedi (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

That's not quite what is happening here. His original application for asylum was turned down on the grounds that it was found he would be reasonaby safe from persecution in his origin country. However, being Christian would have substantially added to is risk of return and he was therefore subsequently granted asylum.

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