Clapham chemical attack suspect ‘a good Muslim’ despite converting to Christianity

As I was saying to my daughter last night, the specimen who tried to bomb Liverpool Women’s Hospital in 2021 also faked (or reversed) conversion to Christianity to get leave to stay in the UK. I’d hate to deter anyone genuinly  accepting Christ into their life, and such is seriously dangerous in some Muslim communities; but I fear that churches are going to have to consider Muslim candidates very seriously in future. 

This is a nasty attack. The woman targetted is believed to be a Muslim as neighbours who helped her with first aid in the aftermath of the attack heard her mention Allah in her prayers. Although Allah is the word for God in many languages and Christians do use it. 

The hunt for a suspected chemical attacker who maimed a mother and her two daughters has entered its third day as it emerged the convicted sex offender was allowed to stay in the UK after a priest said he had converted to Christianity.

Ezedi pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual assault and one of exposure, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed.

Police are hunting Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, 35, who is accused of carrying out a ‘targeted’ attack on the mother and her two daughters, aged three and eight, on Wednesday night in Clapham, south London.   Wednesday’s horrific attack on Lessar Road at 7.25pm left the mother, who one witness said was ‘blinded’, and her youngest daughter with ‘life changing injuries’.

The elder child is also said to have suffered bruising and burn-like injuries. All three remain in hospital in a stable condition.

The Met has urged the public to stay away from ‘dangerous’ Ezedi who was also hurt in the horror that unfolded, with CCTV footage released last night showing him with severe burns to his face. Police said Ezedi sustained ‘significant injuries’ in the attack, which officers say was ‘targeted’.

Several residents on the … street near Clapham Common … were also injured as they came to help, along with five police officers who all came into contact with the chemical.

Police believe the perpetrator had travelled around 250 miles from Newcastle earlier that day to carry out the attack on the woman, who was said to be known to him.

Distressing footage from the scene showed the 31-year-old mother and her eight-year-old daughter standing in front of the man’s car holding their hands to their faces around 7.25pm. The suspect was then seen deliberately driving at the mother, hitting her before getting out of the car to haul a three-year-old girl out of the back seat.

Terrified witnesses described the suspect throwing the child ‘like a ragdoll’ above his head before smashing her down on the ground. One local said: ‘The man was throwing the little girl on the floor like he was in a wrestling ring.’

Another horrified witness said: ‘Like the Hulk, he lifted her and threw her on the floor, lifted her again and threw her on the floor again.’ Both the mother and her three-year-old suffered ‘life-changing injuries’.

The elder child, who was wearing her school uniform, is said to have suffered bruising and burn-like injuries. All three remain in hospital.

Three women and a man in his 50s were also taken to hospital to be treated for minor burns injuries after rushing to help them, along were five police officers. All have since been discharged.

The Clapham chemical attack suspect was a “good Muslim” despite claiming he had converted to Christianity to claim asylum in the UK, his friends have told The Telegraph.

Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, 35, told a shopkeeper at his favourite Middle Eastern speciality food store – where he bought Halal meat – how he planned to one day return to Afghanistan “to find a wife”.

Staff at the Byker butcher shop in the east of Newcastle where Ezedi lived for about a year said they were “horrified” that Ezedi, a pizza take away chef, had been connected to the attack because he was a “good Muslim”. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the Halal butcher, who is a Kurdish Iranian, said Ezedi would pay £50 to £60 for a half of Halal sheep which he put in his freezer and would last a couple of weeks.

Ezedi, who arrived illegally in the UK in the back of a lorry in 2016, claimed his life would be endangered if he was returned to Afghanistan.

Supt Gabriel Cameron, at a press conference, said Ezedi was last seen at a Tesco store in the Caledonian Road area of North London on Wednesday night and warned the public not to approach him. Mr Cameron said he had “no idea” what Ezedi’s motives are and that he is “wholeheartedly confident” he will be caught.

It sounds more like a family ‘honour’ attack rather than jihad against the infidel. But it is yet another example of the flaws in Islam that make it an ideology incompatible with civilised society.