"We stopped all forms of attack and abuse towards him that were coming from every angle".
- June 3, 2017: Three extremists ram a van into pedestrians on London Bridge, then stab people at bars and restaurants in Borough Market before being shot to death by police.
Eight people were in the hospital and two more were treated at the site of the incident.
The Muslim Welfare House praised the imam's actions, stating that he basically saved the suspect's life.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said officers had made a decision to treat the incident as a terror attack within eight minutes of receiving the first emergency call, but the Metropolitan Police only announced they were treating it as terrorism more than eight hours after the event.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We continue to review security across London, with a focus on all places of worship including mosques and Muslim community centres".
The attack occurred about 12:20 a.m. when a speeding van swerved into worshippers who were giving first aid to a man outside the mosque.
Britain has gotten nearly used to holding a moment of silence after a tragedy, he said, after four terrorist attacks in as many months.
Locals at the scene said they feared "hate against hate" breeding in the community.
Abdulrahman Aidroos said he and his friends had been tending an old man who had suffered a heart attack when the van was driven at them.
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Scotland Yard said armed police were at the scene, with the investigation being carried out by Counter Terrorism Command and an extra officers deployed to reassure Muslims.
For the United Kingdom, it was only the most recent bout of violence, following three previous attacks in as many months. Police have not yet confirmed the suspect's identity.
Khan, who vowed "zero tolerance" for hate crimes, said "we will not allow these terrorists to succeed ... we will stay a strong city".
Earlier, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said the incident was "quite clearly an attack on Muslims" and that "we treat this as a terrorist attack".
Police had already declared it was being treated as a terrorist incident shortly after the attack.
"At this stage, we are calling for calm", he said.
"He was saying "I wanna kill more people, I wanna kill more Muslims", Aidroos told BBC TV.
Meanwhile, an imam at the mosque has described how he had to step in to stop the suspect being attacked by an angry crowd immediately after the attack.
Trump was visiting the West Bank in May at the time of another attack claimed by IS: a suicide bombing at a concert in Manchester.
In March, a man plowed a rented SUV into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four people before stabbing a police officer outside Parliament.
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