Worshippers leaving a London mosque just after midnight on Monday were helping an unwell elderly man when a van deliberately targeted them, eyewitnesses said, driven by an attacker who shouted: "I want to kill all Muslims".
Members of the Muslim community in Finsbury Park, London, have expressed anger and frustration for what they perceived as initial reluctance by the media and authorities to define Sunday's (19 June) attack as a terror attack.
The attacker struck as the area was busy with worshippers attending Ramadan night prayers at Finsbury Park mosque. There has been one person arrested.
Police also said he would be "subject of a mental health assessment in due course".
He said: "When I drove past slowly I could count three people on the floor and police were performing CPR on one of them".
Earlier this month on London Bridge, Islamic extremists used a vehicle and then knives to kill eight people and wound many others on the bridge and in the popular nearby Borough Market area.
"We have been informed that a van has run over worshipers as they left #FinsburyPark Mosque", the Muslim Council of Britain said on Twitter.
Finsbury Park mosque has a historic association with extremism and once had convicted terrorist Abu Hamza as its imam, though it has since reformed. It has not been associated with radical views for more than a decade.
One man who managed to escape said he had to jump clear as the van started to strike people.
But either way, there are inevitable suspicions being raised that this might be a case of "reverse terrorism" where someone is specifically targeting the Muslim community with a low tech terror attack similar to the recent London Bridge attack.
Metropolitan Police said officers were called to the scene on Seven Sisters Road at 12:20 a.m. Monday.
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Theresa May condemned the attacks on Muslims outside Finsbury Park Mosque on Monday calling it "sickening".
- Police said they've not identified any other suspects at the scene nor have any been reported to police.
Numerous victims are believed to have just finished worshipping at the Finsbury Park mosque after breaking the Ramadan fast.
"All the victims were from the Muslim community".
"We are working closely with other members of the emergency services at the scene". As usual, numerous initial reports may well prove incorrect.
One man has died and 10 people have been injured after a van mounted a pavement near Finsbury Park Mosque.
Witnesses told CNN they saw a van driving at high speed along Seven Sisters Road. This weekend was declared by the Jo Cox Foundation as a moment to celebrate her legacy that "we have more in common than divides us". Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who represents the area, uses the mosque as a place to meet with residents. In March, a man drove a vehicle into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and stabbed a police officer to death before being shot dead.
Emotions are high in the United Kingdom in the wake of a series of deadly terrorist attacks and a fire at a London apartment building that killed dozens.
Some people at the scene also complained that police took too long to arrive.
"We must all continue to stand together, resolute, against all those who try to divide us and spread hate and fear", Rudd said.
To the north, Manchester was hit by a deadly attack May 22 when a suicide bomber killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert.
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