One person has been confirmed dead and 10 others injured after a van drove into a group of pedestrians outside a Mosque at Finsbury Park, north London.
At the moment the incident is being treated as a "potential terrorist attack," with a 48-year-old man being detained by police.
"This was an attack on London and all Londoners," police say after one man died in #FinsburyPark attackhttps://t.co/er48R7bIEu pic.twitter.com/0cQQiJWOta
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 19, 2017
The attack happened at around 12.15am after worshippers were leaving the mosque following prayers. A policeman has described the attack as "an attack on London and all Londoners." According to Abdulrahman Saleh Aloud, an eye-witness, the driver said: "kill me, kill me, I want to kill all Muslims".
Theresa May, as well as Jeremy Corbyn, have both expressed their thoughts over the incident. May has made a statement saying,
"I will chair an emergency meeting later this morning. All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and the emergency services on the scene".
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I'm totally shocked at the incident at Finsbury Park tonight. pic.twitter.com/1ffKijNs73
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 19, 2017
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