One dead and ten hurt in new London terror attack as a white van driver, 48, ploughs into Muslims as they helped an elderly man who collapsed at a bus stop outside well-known Finsbury Park Mosque
- A van ploughed into a crowd on Seven Sisters Road near Finsbury Park Mosque in London at around 12.20am
- One person was confirmed dead at the scene, eight were rushed to hospital and two suffered minor injuries
- Muslims were leaving taraweeh, late night prayers observed during the festival of Ramadan when the van hit
- A white 48-year-old was arrested by officers at the scene after being pinned to the floor by heroic worshipers
- It is believed the victims were trying to help a man who had collapsed at a bus stop with a medical issue
- Jeremy Corbyn has expressed his shock at the incident in the heart of his Islington North constituency
One person has been killed and ten more injured after a white van driver ploughed into Muslim worshipers near a renowned north London mosque, in the latest terror attack to rock Britain.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested after the van, which was hired from south Wales, mounted the pavement and veered into a congregation outside the Muslim Welfare House, near Finsbury Park Mosque, shortly after they finished Ramadan evening prayers, known as taraweeh.
Heroic bystanders wrestled the suspect, who was clean-shaven with curly hair and wore a white t-shirt, to the floor and pinned him down until officers arrived, at around 12.20am, after he allegedly screamed: 'I want to kill all Muslims'.
One fatality was confirmed at the scene, while a further eight are being treated across three London hospitals and two victims sustained minor injuries.
The Muslim Council of Britain condemned the attack as 'the most violent manifestation' yet of Islamophobia and called for extra security around mosques, which the Met Police has now promised.
The Prime Minister has confirmed the incident is being treated as a potential terror attack, as she called an emergency meeting of the Cobra Committee.
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