London police say the incident has caused “a number of casualties”.
Eye witness Zakriya James, 24, said he believed there were four attackers in what appears to have been a rented white delivery van. Three got away.
The local said the van “ploughed” into people as they exited the mosque.
“The van just came through as people were walking towards where it was coming from,” he said.
“They didn’t realise what was going on at first. People just started running.
“As far as I know there were four white males and three got away.
“It probably is a retaliation. People were coming out of their prayer. That says something.”
Reports suggest up to 10 people have been hurt near a mosque at Finsbury Park just after midnight (9am AEST).
Up to 100 hundred people are gathered outside the cordoned off zone which is blocking the mosque, with tensions high after the incident.
A group of men huddled together to condemn the “terror attack” outside the mosque, where people had been engaging in Ramadan.
“This is a terror attack!” a man shouted.
One person has been arrested.
There is a massive police response on the scene with riot vans, armed personnel and a helicopter.
A man, who asked not to be named, said his uncle had been hit by the van.
“I have not heard from him but my friend told me he’d been hurt,” he told News Corp.
“The van just drove up and hit them out of nowhere.
“They didn’t see it coming.
“They knew there would be people there.
“They were white extremists.”
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