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Finsbury Park attack: Counter terror police investigating after one man killed in van attack near mosque
Police say 48-year-old man in custody after being detained by members of the public
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Monday 19 June 2017 05:09 BST
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One man has died and several more are injured after being hit by a van in a suspected terror attack near a mosque in London.
Counter terror police are investigating the incident in Finsbury Park, where eight people have been taken to hospital and two more were treated at the scene.
“The driver of the van - a man aged 48 - was found detained by members of public at the scene and then arrested by police in connection with the incident,” a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said.
“He has been taken to hospital as a precaution, and will be taken into custody once discharged.
finsbury-park-aerial.jpg
(Reuters)
"He will also be subject of a mental health assessment in due course."
Scotland Yard said armed police were at the scene, with the investigation being carried out by Counter Terrorism Command and an extra officers deployed to reassure Muslims during Ramadan.
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Witnesses said the vehicle veered off the road into worshippers leaving prayers in Finsbury Park shortly after midnight.
“From the window, I started hearing a lot of yelling and screeching, a lot of chaos outside," a woman who lives opposite the scene told the BBC.
"Everybody was shouting: 'A van'€™s hit people, a van€'s hit people'.
“There was this white van stopped outside Finsbury Park mosque that seemed to have hit people who were coming out after prayers had finished.”
Passers-by said a crowd had gathered to help an elderly man who collapsed on the pavement and was already undergoing CPR when the vehicle approached.
Witnesses described how members of the public managed to restrain the driver after he left the van.
finsbury-park-van.jpg
Emergency services are seen near Finsbury Park after a vehicle hit pedestrians on 19 June (Reuters)
A witness who gave his name as Ali described horrific scenes as injured people lay on the pavement.
“There was one guy who was bleeding from his head, from his foot,” he told The Independent.
“There was a woman on the floor who had fallen out a wheelchair, we helped her up. There were loads of people in the streets on the ground.
“There was blood on the pavement.”
Footage showed injured people motionless on the pavement as angry crowds surrounded a white man believed to be the driver.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said officers were called to a "major incident" at 12.20am.
The force said it had found nothing to confirm witness reports that up to three men had been in the van before two fled, or that the driver was carrying a knife and stabbed victims.
finsbury-park-scene2.jpg
(Reuters)
Harun Khan, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “Shocked and outraged to hear a van has intentionally run over worshippers leaving Ramadan night prayers.”
The former EDL leader Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Lennon, was condemned for "attempting to justify" the attack by accusing the mosque of past links with extremists.
“I genuinely hope the innocent people targeted tonight outside the mosque are ok,” he later wrote on Twitter.
It was unclear whether worshippers had been leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque or nearby Muslim Welfare House, which said the incident happened "five minutes from us".
Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation Muslim organisation, said the incident came as members of both mosques left Tarawih prayers performed for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
“It happened outside the Muslim Welfare House but people were leaving Finsbury Park Mosque as well so there’s a lot of confusion at the moment,” he told The Independent.
“According to eyewitnesses it was a deliberate attack against innocent Muslims, and if that’s confirmed by authorities it should be classed as a terror attack, no doubt about that.”
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The London Ambulance Service's deputy director of operations, Kevin Bate, said ambulances, advance paramedics, special response teams and an advance trauma crew were sent to the scene.
"Our priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries and ensure those in the most need are treated first and taken to hospital," he added.
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn sent their condolences to the victims as operations continued in Seven Sisters Road.
The Prime Minister described the attack as a “terrible incident'', adding: “All my thoughts are with those who have been injured, their loved ones and the emergency services on the scene.”
The Labour leader said he had been in touch with local mosques, police and the council following the incident, which took place in his constituency and near his home.
“My thoughts are with those and the community affected by this awful event,” Mr Corbyn added.
It came weeks after three Isis supporters rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before rampaging through Borough Market with knives, killing eight people before being shot dead by police.
It was the third major incident less than a month for London's emergency services, following the London Bridge attack and Grenfell Tower disaster, which killed at least 58 people.
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Vehicle rams worshippers near London mosque: Muslim leaders
Vehicle rams worshippers near London mosque: Muslim leaders
PHOTO: Reuters
AFP
Jun 19, 2017
London - One person has been arrested after a vehicle hit pedestrians in north London, injuring several people, police said Monday, as Muslim leaders said worshippers were mown down after leaving a mosque.
Police said in a statement there were "a number of casualties", adding that they were called to reports of "a vehicle in collision with pedestrians" at 00:20 am (2320 GMT).
"We have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left #FinsburyPark Mosque. Our prayers are with the victims," the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), an umbrella body, said on Twitter.
Harun Khan, the head of the MCB, said the van had "intentionally" run over people leaving night prayers for the holy month of Ramadan.
Van rams into pedestrians outside London mosque
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An AFP reporter could see a helicopter overhead and several emergency vehicles at the scene on Seven Sisters Road, a busy thoroughfare.
Police, including armed officers, could be seen manning a wide cordon around the area. Others searched the area with sniffer dogs.
A group of Muslim men could be seen praying on the pavement nearby. Traffic was shut down along a one-kilometre section of Seven Sisters Road.
"We saw lots of people shouting and lots of people injured," David Robinson, 41, who arrived just after the accident, told AFP.
Cynthia Vanzella, who lives near the scene, said on Twitter: "Horrible to watch police officers doing cardiac massage at people on the floor, desperately trying to save them. I just hope they did." MCB deputy head Miqdaad Versi said the incident happened "outside the Muslim Welfare House", which is on Seven Sisters Road near the mosque.
The London Ambulance Service said: "We have sent a number of ambulance crews, advance paramedics and specialist responses teams to the scene.
"Our priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries and ensure that those most in need are treated first and taken to hospital." Police described it as a "major incident".
- 'Evil violence' -
Finsbury Park mosque was once a notorious hub for radical Islamists but has entirely changed in recent years under new management.
Its former imam Abu Hamza was jailed for life in New York on terrorism charges in 2015.
He preached there from 1997 to 2003 before being jailed for inciting violence. He was later extradited to the United States.
In 2015, the mosque was one of around 20 that took part in an open day organised by the MCB to promote better understanding of Islam following Islamist-inspired terrorist attacks in Paris.
Despite the change in leadership and new focus on community relations, the mosque reported it had received a string of threatening emails and letters in the wake of the Paris attacks.
"If this attack is confirmed as a deliberate terrorist attack then this should be classed as an act of terrorism," said Mohammed Shafiq, head of the Ramadhan Foundation community group.
"The British Muslim community requires all decent people to stand with us against this evil violence," he said, adding that "rampant Islamophobia has been on the rise for a number of years".
Cage, a Muslim human rights group, said there had been "an epidemic rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes".
"We urge all to remain calm and do their utmost not to inflame an already volatile and distressing situation," it said in a statement.
- Spike in anti-Muslim crime
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan said following that attack that there had been a 40-per cent increase in racist incidents in the city and a fivefold increase in the number of anti-Muslim incidents.
On his Facebook page, Khan at the time called on Londoners "to pull together, and send a clear message around the world that our city will never be divided by these hideous individuals who seek to harm us and destroy our way of life".
Britain has seen two other attacks this year.
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On March 22, a man drove a rented car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London and stabbed a police officer guarding the British parliament to death before being shot dead.
Five people were killed in the attack.
On May 22, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a pop concert in Manchester, killing 22 people.
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Finsbury Park attack: Counter terror police investigating after one man killed in van attack near mosque
Police say 48-year-old man in custody after being detained by members of the public
Lizzie Dearden
@lizziedearden
Monday 19 June 2017 05:09 BST
Click to follow
The Independent Online
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One man has died and several more are injured after being hit by a van in a suspected terror attack near a mosque in London.
Counter terror police are investigating the incident in Finsbury Park, where eight people have been taken to hospital and two more were treated at the scene.
“The driver of the van - a man aged 48 - was found detained by members of public at the scene and then arrested by police in connection with the incident,” a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said.
“He has been taken to hospital as a precaution, and will be taken into custody once discharged.
finsbury-park-aerial.jpg
(Reuters)
"He will also be subject of a mental health assessment in due course."
Scotland Yard said armed police were at the scene, with the investigation being carried out by Counter Terrorism Command and an extra officers deployed to reassure Muslims during Ramadan.
Read more
May and Corbyn offer condolences after Finsbury Park attack
Witnesses said the vehicle veered off the road into worshippers leaving prayers in Finsbury Park shortly after midnight.
“From the window, I started hearing a lot of yelling and screeching, a lot of chaos outside," a woman who lives opposite the scene told the BBC.
"Everybody was shouting: 'A van'€™s hit people, a van€'s hit people'.
“There was this white van stopped outside Finsbury Park mosque that seemed to have hit people who were coming out after prayers had finished.”
Passers-by said a crowd had gathered to help an elderly man who collapsed on the pavement and was already undergoing CPR when the vehicle approached.
Witnesses described how members of the public managed to restrain the driver after he left the van.
finsbury-park-van.jpg
Emergency services are seen near Finsbury Park after a vehicle hit pedestrians on 19 June (Reuters)
A witness who gave his name as Ali described horrific scenes as injured people lay on the pavement.
“There was one guy who was bleeding from his head, from his foot,” he told The Independent.
“There was a woman on the floor who had fallen out a wheelchair, we helped her up. There were loads of people in the streets on the ground.
“There was blood on the pavement.”
Footage showed injured people motionless on the pavement as angry crowds surrounded a white man believed to be the driver.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said officers were called to a "major incident" at 12.20am.
The force said it had found nothing to confirm witness reports that up to three men had been in the van before two fled, or that the driver was carrying a knife and stabbed victims.
finsbury-park-scene2.jpg
(Reuters)
Harun Khan, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “Shocked and outraged to hear a van has intentionally run over worshippers leaving Ramadan night prayers.”
The former EDL leader Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Lennon, was condemned for "attempting to justify" the attack by accusing the mosque of past links with extremists.
“I genuinely hope the innocent people targeted tonight outside the mosque are ok,” he later wrote on Twitter.
It was unclear whether worshippers had been leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque or nearby Muslim Welfare House, which said the incident happened "five minutes from us".
Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation Muslim organisation, said the incident came as members of both mosques left Tarawih prayers performed for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
“It happened outside the Muslim Welfare House but people were leaving Finsbury Park Mosque as well so there’s a lot of confusion at the moment,” he told The Independent.
“According to eyewitnesses it was a deliberate attack against innocent Muslims, and if that’s confirmed by authorities it should be classed as a terror attack, no doubt about that.”
In pictures: Van hits pedestrians near Finsbury Park mosques
6 show all
The London Ambulance Service's deputy director of operations, Kevin Bate, said ambulances, advance paramedics, special response teams and an advance trauma crew were sent to the scene.
"Our priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries and ensure those in the most need are treated first and taken to hospital," he added.
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn sent their condolences to the victims as operations continued in Seven Sisters Road.
The Prime Minister described the attack as a “terrible incident'', adding: “All my thoughts are with those who have been injured, their loved ones and the emergency services on the scene.”
The Labour leader said he had been in touch with local mosques, police and the council following the incident, which took place in his constituency and near his home.
“My thoughts are with those and the community affected by this awful event,” Mr Corbyn added.
It came weeks after three Isis supporters rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before rampaging through Borough Market with knives, killing eight people before being shot dead by police.
It was the third major incident less than a month for London's emergency services, following the London Bridge attack and Grenfell Tower disaster, which killed at least 58 people.
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Vehicle rams worshippers near London mosque: Muslim leaders
Vehicle rams worshippers near London mosque: Muslim leaders
PHOTO: Reuters
AFP
Jun 19, 2017
London - One person has been arrested after a vehicle hit pedestrians in north London, injuring several people, police said Monday, as Muslim leaders said worshippers were mown down after leaving a mosque.
Police said in a statement there were "a number of casualties", adding that they were called to reports of "a vehicle in collision with pedestrians" at 00:20 am (2320 GMT).
"We have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left #FinsburyPark Mosque. Our prayers are with the victims," the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), an umbrella body, said on Twitter.
Harun Khan, the head of the MCB, said the van had "intentionally" run over people leaving night prayers for the holy month of Ramadan.
Van rams into pedestrians outside London mosque
Open gallery
An AFP reporter could see a helicopter overhead and several emergency vehicles at the scene on Seven Sisters Road, a busy thoroughfare.
Police, including armed officers, could be seen manning a wide cordon around the area. Others searched the area with sniffer dogs.
A group of Muslim men could be seen praying on the pavement nearby. Traffic was shut down along a one-kilometre section of Seven Sisters Road.
"We saw lots of people shouting and lots of people injured," David Robinson, 41, who arrived just after the accident, told AFP.
Cynthia Vanzella, who lives near the scene, said on Twitter: "Horrible to watch police officers doing cardiac massage at people on the floor, desperately trying to save them. I just hope they did." MCB deputy head Miqdaad Versi said the incident happened "outside the Muslim Welfare House", which is on Seven Sisters Road near the mosque.
The London Ambulance Service said: "We have sent a number of ambulance crews, advance paramedics and specialist responses teams to the scene.
"Our priority is to assess the level and nature of injuries and ensure that those most in need are treated first and taken to hospital." Police described it as a "major incident".
- 'Evil violence' -
Finsbury Park mosque was once a notorious hub for radical Islamists but has entirely changed in recent years under new management.
Its former imam Abu Hamza was jailed for life in New York on terrorism charges in 2015.
He preached there from 1997 to 2003 before being jailed for inciting violence. He was later extradited to the United States.
In 2015, the mosque was one of around 20 that took part in an open day organised by the MCB to promote better understanding of Islam following Islamist-inspired terrorist attacks in Paris.
Despite the change in leadership and new focus on community relations, the mosque reported it had received a string of threatening emails and letters in the wake of the Paris attacks.
"If this attack is confirmed as a deliberate terrorist attack then this should be classed as an act of terrorism," said Mohammed Shafiq, head of the Ramadhan Foundation community group.
"The British Muslim community requires all decent people to stand with us against this evil violence," he said, adding that "rampant Islamophobia has been on the rise for a number of years".
Cage, a Muslim human rights group, said there had been "an epidemic rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes".
"We urge all to remain calm and do their utmost not to inflame an already volatile and distressing situation," it said in a statement.
- Spike in anti-Muslim crime
Read also
7 killed in London terror attack, election campaign suspended
7 killed in London terror attack, election campaign suspended
Monday's incident in London follows an Islamist-inspired attack on June 3 in which three militants wearing fake suicide vests ran over pedestrians and went on a stabbing spree in bars in the London Bridge area.
They killed eight people before being shot dead by police.
Read also
Eerie silence in Westminster after attack
Eerie silence in Westminster after attack
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said following that attack that there had been a 40-per cent increase in racist incidents in the city and a fivefold increase in the number of anti-Muslim incidents.
On his Facebook page, Khan at the time called on Londoners "to pull together, and send a clear message around the world that our city will never be divided by these hideous individuals who seek to harm us and destroy our way of life".
Britain has seen two other attacks this year.
Read also
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On March 22, a man drove a rented car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London and stabbed a police officer guarding the British parliament to death before being shot dead.
Five people were killed in the attack.
On May 22, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a pop concert in Manchester, killing 22 people.
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