Then on June 3, eight people were killed and 48 were injured when three men drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before leaping out and launching a stabbing spree in nearby bars and restaurants. In a statement Khan said, "While this appears to be an attack on a particular community, like the bad attacks in Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge it is also an assault on all our shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect".
A New Zealand man has witnessed the carnage outside a London mosque after a van hit several pedestrians.
"During the night, ordinary British citizens were set upon while they were going about their lives, completing their night worship".
The mosques were busy with people observing the holy month of Ramadan.
A helicopter could be heard circling over Finsbury Park as police erected a large cordon in the area.
London's transport authority said on Twitter that the Seven Sisters road had been closed due to an "emergency services incident".
Prime Minister Theresa May said: "This is a awful incident". In March, a lone attacker drove his vehicle into people on Westminster Bridge, then fatally stabbed a police officer outside Parliament.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said the people at the scene "worked with officers to calmly and quickly get him into our custody".
The hired vehicle swerved into a group of people leaving prayers shortly after midnight at the Finsbury Park Mosque, one of the biggest in the country, witnesses said.
"People were just conversing, talking, just doing what we're doing", said the man, who declined to give his name. "Our prayers are with the victims".
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The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, in whose constituency the attack took place, said he was "totally shocked".
The Finsbury Park Mosque gained notoriety more than a decade ago for sermons by radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who was sentenced to life in a USA prison in January 2015 for his conviction on terrorism-related charges.
"I think there are people dead and there are injured people as well", he said.
Calling on police to promptly establish the motive of the attacker or attackers, Kozbar said the perpetrator "indiscriminately attacked the people", noting that not all of them might turn out to be Muslims.
He added: "I would like to particularly thank our Imam Mohammed Mahmoud, whose bravery and courage helped calm the immediate situation after the incident and prevented further injuries and potential loss of life". One person has been arrested.
Police have given out little information, but are calling it a "major incident".
Metropolitan Police said officers were called to the scene on Seven Sisters Road at 12:20 a.m. Monday.
Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, has said that police are treating the Finsbury Park attack as a "terrorist incident". Many police cars and ambulances responded to the incident.
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