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Published: 03:32, 19 June 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Vehicle hits pedestrians in London's Finsbury Park

International Desk: A vehicle has run over pedestrians close to two nearby mosques in a north London neighbourhood, causing "a number of casualties", UK police have said.

Witnesses said a van veered off the road into worshippers leaving Ramadan prayers in Finsbury Park just after midnight on Monday, the Independent newspaper reported.

Metropolitan Police said one person had been arrested after officers and other emergency services arrived at the scene on Seven Sisters Road.

"Police were called just after 0020hrs [23:20 GMT] ... to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians," they said in a statement, calling the incident "major".

"There are a number of casualties being worked on at the scene," police said.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said it had been "informed" that a van had run over worshippers as they left a mosque in Finsbury Park.

Harun Khan, secretary general of the MCB, said on Twitter that he was "shocked and outraged to hear" that a van had "intentionally run over worshippers" leaving Ramadan night prayers on Seven Sisters Road.

Mohammed Kozbar, chairman of the Finsbury Park Mosque, said this was "a serious incident, maybe a terrorist incident, which affects a lot of people" in this part of London.

"We are in the last 10 days of [the Muslim holy fasting month of] Ramadan and a lot of people come to the mosque to pray the late prayer," he said.

"These people who have been attacked were the people who just left the mosque … but we don't know whether they are all from the Muslim community - I assume that there are other casualties and victims who maybe are not even Muslim."

Sourece: Agencies



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