Editor’s note: See updates below.
Breaking news out of London where we’re seeing reports of a “major incident” in Seven Sister Road involving a vehicle crashing into pedestrians:
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/876592688778420224
Police are on the scene and are dealing with a major incident in Seven Sisters Road https://t.co/eYPjbVvlZG pic.twitter.com/BzVdQUNfw8
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 19, 2017
According to the Metropolitan Police, one arrest has been made:
Police were called just after 0020hrs 18 June to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians.
Officers are on scene with other emergency services.
There are a number of casualties being worked on at the scene.
There has been one person arrested.
Enquiries continue.
More information will be released when confirmed.
There are unconfirmed reports on Twitter that the van was targeting worshipers at a neighborhood mosque:
https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/876590843620184064
https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/876591807764869120
https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/876592281788313600
A van has driven into a crowd of #Muslims leaving a mosque after #Tarawih prayers in Finsbury Park, north #London https://t.co/sg2i6VEHWn
— Saad (@SaadAbedine) June 19, 2017
Updates to follow.
Update 1:
The Muslim Council of Britain says a van has run over worshippers as they left #FinsburyPark Mosque. https://t.co/MVyLhIHscx pic.twitter.com/BNLUvkcqfa
— PRI (@PRI) June 19, 2017
First hand account of man who detained the assailant #FinsburyPark https://t.co/PclS8fsHa7
— Sajjad Karim (@SHKMEP) June 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/876619375557718017
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
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
Update 2:
One person, a man, has died in #FinsburyPark incident, @metpoliceuk says. Eight injured taken to hospital https://t.co/tGmT7iEUgP
— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) June 19, 2017
We have taken 8 patients to hospital following the incident on #SevenSisters Road in #FinsburyPark https://t.co/oL75V7ZUWD pic.twitter.com/KQNcFumxIC
— London Ambulance Service (@Ldn_Ambulance) June 19, 2017
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