Met police searching west London district for escaped terror suspect after ‘intelligence-led activity’
Police have said the search for escaped alleged terrorist Daniel Abed Khalife is now focused on the Chiswick area of south-west London.
As the search for the Wandsworth prison inmate enters its fourth day, the Metropolitan police said there had been confirmed sightings in the area, just under 5 miles from the prison, including calls overnight from members of the public.
Khalife is believed to be wearing a black baseball cap, black T-shirt and dark-coloured bottoms, and carrying a small bag or case, Scotland Yard said. The news means he has changed out of the prisons chef’s uniform of a white T-shirt and red-and-white gingham trousers that he is thought to have escaped in.
“Officers remain in the Chiswick area and are planning to carry out further intensive search activity there through the day,” a spokesperson said. Anyone who believes they have seen him has been asked to ring 999.
The update from the Met comes a day after officers confirmed that the suspected terrorist was spotted walking away from the food delivery lorry at a roundabout a mile from the jail.
Detectives had shut off the 2,500-acre Richmond park in south west London to search for the 21-year-old, but did not find him. He grew up in south-west London and is thought to know the area well.
