At least one person is dead, and eight others wounded, as a crowd of pedestrians were hit by a man driving a van, who may have been targeting the exiting crowd leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque in London.

We have a number of ambulance crews & specialist teams on scene at the incident on #SevenSisters Road #FinsburyPark https://t.co/oL75V7ZUWD pic.twitter.com/4SHEhzx3tr

— London Ambulance (@Ldn_Ambulance) June 19, 2017

LATEST on #SevenSisters Road #FinsburyPark incident. One person has died. Counter Terrorism Command investigating. https://t.co/S5whFriU3Z pic.twitter.com/PKHfgCI345

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 19, 2017

JUST IN: Video shows London police response amid reports of a vehicle colliding with pedestrians. https://t.co/k6g4YSqng3 pic.twitter.com/Rt5vEMfPWe

— ABC News (@ABC) June 19, 2017

The Muslim Council of Britain called this an “intentional” attack.

Shocked and outraged to hear a van has intentionally run over worshippers leaving #Ramadan night prayers on Seven Sisters Road #FinsburyPark

— Harun Khan (@harakha) June 19, 2017

The eyewitness reports are terrible.

An eyewitness told how he jumped out the way of the van as it struck.
He said: “He just came into all of us. There was a lot of people. We got told to move straight away.
“I was shocked, shocked, shocked. There were bodies around me.
“Thank God I just moved to the side. I just jumped. Everyone is hurt. Everyone is actually hurt.”
Another who lives in a flat on Seven Sisters Road told the BBC she saw people “shouting and screaming”.

Metropolitan Police arrested a 48 year old man, allegedly the driver of the van. If he was indeed targeting the mosque, it would have been easy to do so after the Ramadan services.

Several hundred worshippers would have been in the area at the time after attending prayers as part of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Police said the Counter Terrorism Command was investigating the crash. Britain’s terrorist alert has been set at “severe” meaning an attack is highly likely.

This is looking more and more like a copycat revenge terror attack.

Eyewitness tells @jamesrbuk man drove van at pedestrians outside London mosque, then shouted “Kill me, kill me, I want to kill all Muslims” pic.twitter.com/gSgTX05aSQ

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 19, 2017

Obviously, we will not know anything more until there are official police press conferences, but obviously this attacker should be punished to the full extent of the law. In the meantime, the nearby community is attempting to come together.

Muslims and Jews standing here shocked by what has happened in #FinsburyPark. This is a very multicultural area. pic.twitter.com/LyuW313ZKL

— Ιman | ايمان (@ImaniAmrani) June 19, 2017

London is an emotional powder keg at the moment, between the London Bridge attacks and the terrible carnage of the Grenfell Tower fire. There may be some very dark days ahead for the British government. Remember the injured and the family of the deceased in your thoughts and prayers.
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