Finsbury Park panic as people injured after van ploughs into Muslim worshippers

SEVERAL people have been injured after a van ploughed into Muslim worshippers leaving a mosque at Finsbury Park after Ramadan prayers tonight. Police confirmed a “number of casualties” …

Witnesses described seeing a white hire van careering along the pavement before running people over who had just finished prayers.

Mohammed Kozbar, chairman of Finsbury Park mosque, told The Sun last night: “Whoever did this, he did it to hurt people and it’s a terrorist attack.

“We call it a terrorist attack as we called it in Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge…

“The van drove over people who were leaving late prayers. They were gathering in Seven Sisters Road.
“I heard there are fatalities but I don’t want to jump to conclusions.
“My concern now is the casualties who have been affected.”
Armed police were scrambled to the scene as casualties were pictured strewn across the road and pavement.

Eyewitnesses told LBC radio that the van approached “slowly and intentionally accelerated into crowded cafe outside a mosque”.
Dramatic video footage shared online showed a white male – believed to be the driver – being held by police shortly after 1am.

Witness Cynthia Vanzella told Sky News: “I was trying to sleep when I heard a lot of noise outside.
“I saw many people shouting, taking over half of Seven Sisters Road, I thought that something bad has happened.”

Source: Finsbury Park panic as several people injured after van ploughs into Muslim worshippers leaving Finsbury Park mosque after Ramadan prayers