Police have not yet determined whether the fatality was a result of the van attack. "The man, he tried to escape. but they caught the driver", Warra said.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan released a statement early Monday calling the incident "a horrific terrorist attack".
Earlier this month, three extremists who launched a terror attack on London Bridge were killed by officers.
Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs condemned the "horrible attack" on at a mosque in London last night in a statement on Twitter.
She said additional police have been deployed at British mosques to protect Muslims following the attack.
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Nichols has offerd prayers for the victims of an attack in Finsbury Park, London.
Someone in the crowd is heard shouting, "No one touch him!"
"We have been informed that a van has run over worshipers as they left #FinsburyPark Mosque", the Muslim Council of Britain tweeted early Monday.
Two are feared dead and several have been injured in north London after a van rammed into worshippers leaving a mosque, the Sun newspaper reported.in what British police described as a "major incident". The Metropolitan Police said the case is "being treated as a terrorist attack".
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McPhee can also negotiate deals with teams to not pick certain players, although there will certainly be a price tag attached. More than 30 people managed to escape though at least two people were killed, authorities said. "It's nothing I worry about".
One person has been arrested.
London police are calling the city's most recent van slamming incident an act of terror after almost a dozen Muslim worshippers were run over in Finsbury Park Monday night.
The Finsbury Park mosque has been associated with hate preacher Abu Hamza and a number of terrorists - including shoe-bomber Richard Reid, who attempted to detonate explosives on a flight from Paris to Miami in 2001.
Several of those in hospital are "seriously injured" and there are now no other suspects, he added.
"While this appears to be an attack on a particular community, like the awful attacks in Manchester, Westminster, and on London Bridge, it is also an assault on all our shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect", Khan tweeted.
Basu thanked those who detained the driver, adding: "Their restraint in the circumstances was commendable".
"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", he added.
"This was an attack on Muslims near their place of worship... An advanced trauma team from London's Air Ambulance has also been dispatched by auto", it added.
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