One man died after pedestrians were targeted by a man driving a van near Finsbury Park Mosque in north London early today, in what Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said was 'quite clearly an attack on Muslims'.
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Mahmoud kept yelling at the crowd, "Don't hit him, hand him over to the police, pin him down".
Local youths, who are always demonised in this area, were the ones that saved the day.
The names of the victims have not yet been released, but expect more information in the upcoming days. No other suspects have been identified, police said.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those caught up in the attack near Finsbury Park mosque.
Another local said the suspect "was fighting back and tried to get out", but was prevented. But imam Mohammed Mahmoud stepped up and told the angry crowd to stop and to restrain the suspect until police arrived instead.
The London Ambulance Service says the injured are being taken to hospitals. We had no choice. According to authorities, at least one person is dead and at least eight are injured. This was a horrific attack on innocent people going about their daily lives, many of them worshippers leaving evening prayers. Literally he said that, word by word.
"It was horrendous", Khalid said.
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"A group of worshippers were crowding round to help him when the van drove at them and ran over the old man". Images from the scene show a white van wedged against a traffic barrier at the end of a dead-end street.
Scotland Yard said they had arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder.
We condemn this act and to state once again that hatred and evil of this kind will never succeed. "This is very worrying to the Muslim community".
"I managed to put him to the ground until police came", Mr Aidroos said.
Those additional patrols will also take place around all places of worship, including mosques, but again we would reiterate that there is no intelligence to suggest that these are at threat.
A witness told Sky News that two other people fled the scene of the attack, but police said there were no other suspects at present.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced that extra police forces were being deployed in London, especially for the protection of communities observing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said police are treating the incident "as a potential terrorist attack", and has confirmed that counter-terrorism command is leading an active inquiry.
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