Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 19 Jun 2017, 05:58 am Print
The Incident, which has been dubbed as a 'terrible incident' by British Prime Minister Theresa May, took place on Sunday at 0020 hours.
May said, "All my thoughts are with those who have been injured, their loved ones and the emergency services on the scene."
Police have arrested a man in connection with the crime in Seven Sisters Road.
Video of driver being arrested after London van attack outside mosque...#FinsburyPark pic.twitter.com/9Aov8iGOmQ
— Journalism Is Dead (@TheDailyBail) June 19, 2017
Meanwhile, the Muslim Council of Britain slammed the incident as a "violent manifestation of Islamophbia", while urging authorities to beef up security near mosques.
Following the attack, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn took to Twitter to express his views.
"I'm totally shocked at the incident at Finsbury Park tonight,' his tweet read.
I'm totally shocked at the incident at Finsbury Park tonight. pic.twitter.com/1ffKijNs73
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 19, 2017
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said that they have deployed extra forces in order to tackle the situation.
"Due to the nature of this incident extra policing resources have been deployed in order to reassure communities, especially those observing Ramadan,' the statement read.
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
This is the third such incident in the UK in a space of months.
At least 29 people have died in previous attacks at the Manchester Arena and the Borough Market and London Bridge attack.
A staggering number of attacks have taken place across the globe this year during month of Ramadan, most of which have been linked to several Islamist terror organisations.
Image: finsburyparkmosque.org
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