LONDON
(AP) — A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early
Monday morning, causing several casualties, police said.
One
person has been arrested. The London Ambulance Service says the injured
are being taken to hospitals. Eyewitnesses reported seeing police give
emergency medical treatment to at least one of the injured.
The
Muslim Council tweeted that worshippers were struck by a van as they
were leaving prayers at the Finsbury Park mosque. It said its prayers
are with the victims.
The
neighborhood has two mosques, and several hundred worshippers would
have been in the area after attending prayers as part of the Muslim holy
month of Ramadan.
The
Finsbury Park mosque was associated with extremist ideology for several
years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States but was shut down and
reorganized. It has not been associated with radical views for more
than a decade.
London police have declared the crash a major incident and closed the area to normal traffic.
Metropolitan
Police said officers were called to the scene on Seven Sisters Road at
12:20 a.m. Monday. Many police cars and ambulances responded to the
incident.
No other details were immediately available.
Britain's terrorist alert has been set at "severe" meaning an attack is highly likely.
Earlier
this month, a van veered into pedestrians on London Bridge, setting off
vehicle and knife attacks that killed eight people and wounded many
others on the bridge and in the nearby Borough Market area. Three Muslim
extremists who carried out the attack were killed by police.
Manchester was also hit by a severe attack when a bomber killed more than 20 people at an Ariana Grande concert
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