Prison escapee Daniel Abed Khalife has 'connections to the north west' as huge national manhunt continues

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Prison escapee Daniel Abed Khalife has 'connections to the north west', the Met Police have said, as the huge national manhunt continues.

The 21-year-old reportedly went missing in his cook’s uniform and 'clinging onto a van' from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday morning (September 6), where he was being held awaiting trial for planting a fake bomb and gathering information that might be useful to terrorists or enemies of the UK.

Khalife’s escape sparked a major police hunt with ports and airports placed on alert across the UK and some passengers facing long delays as extra checks were carried out, including at Manchester Airport.

Head of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, Commander Dominic Murphy, has said in a new appeal that Khalife could be 'at large anywhere in the UK' but has 'connections to London and the north west of England.' He continued: “We have a team of officers who are making extensive and urgent inquiries in order to locate and detain Khalife as quickly as possible. “However, the public can help us as well and should anyone see Khalife, or have any information as to where he might be, then please call 999 immediately. “I also want to reassure the public that we have no information which indicates, nor any reason to believe that Khalife poses a threat to the wider public, but our advice if you do see him is not to approach him and call 999 straight away.” Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features