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Van Mows Down Pedestrians Near London Mosque
Topic Started: Jun 18 2017, 08:17 PM (243 Views)
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Breaking 911: Van Mows Down Pedestrians Near London Mosque, Massive Police Response

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Several people were injured after a van reportedly plowed into pedestrians in the Harringay neighborhood of London.

The incident happened near a prominent Mosque as witnesses claim the driver intentionally struck the victims—a male driver was taken into police custody.

There was a massive police response and multiple ambulances were on scene.

There was no immediate word on an exact number of victims.

Al Qaeda operatives including the “shoebomber” Richard Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui attended the Finsbury Park mosque. In 2002, The Guardian reported that weapons training had taken place inside the building.

The mosque rose to notoriety when Abu Hamza al-Masri became Imam of the Mosque due to his extremist ideologies and views on terrorism.
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(The Independent) Several pedestrians have been injured after being hit by a van in London.

Witnesses said the vehicle veered off the road into crowds outside Finsbury Park Mosque but it was unclear whether the collision was deliberate.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said officers were called at 12.20am.

"Officers are on the scene with other emergency services," he added. "There are a number of casualties being worked on at the scene. There has been one person arrested. Enquiries continue."
--Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/van-pedestrians-hit-run-over-casualties-latest-police-finsbury-park-mosque-muslims-seven-sisters-a7796551.html
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Metropolitan Police: Incident In Seven Sisters Road
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Police were called just after 0020hrs 19 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.
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--The current scene at Finsbury Park London after a van hit pedestrians near a mosque. Details on Sky News @SkyNewsAust (Ahron Young, Sky News Australia - 18 June 2017)
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(Daily Telegraph) 'Six people on the floor'
--One caller told LBC said people from a local mosque had been drinking coffee at a cafe by the mosque. He said he had seen six people on the floor. Another caller said: "I saw police giving CPR, getting the heart going again and another guy on the floor."
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--Horrible to watch police officers doing cardiac massage at people on the floor, desperately trying to save them. I just hope they did. (Cynthia Vanzella, 18 June 2017)
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(Daily Telegraph) Van 'hit people on pavement'
--One eyewitness speaking to LBC said the van had hit people on the pavement, but had not collided with a building. "It looked like he had lost control of the van or something," he said.

Locals said they had heard shouting and a helicopter was circling overhead.
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....so at the moment we've got what could very well be a terrorist attack against a well-known radical British Mosque.....three possibilities here:
(1) This was an attack agst the mosque by radical jihadists in an effort to go after mainstream Muslims who pray at Finsbury Park
(2) This was an attack agst the mosque by those opposed to the mosque who believe it should be closed down
(3) This was nothing more than a horrifying accident....
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(Daily Telegraph) 'Like something from a horror movie'
--One caller told LBC her sister was at the scene when it happened.

She said she described it as "something from a horror movie, everyone running everywhere". She didn't realise what was going until she saw people on the ground.
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(Daily Telegraph) Incident took place close to Muslim Welfare House
--The Muslim Council of Britain says: "We have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left #FinsburyPark Mosque. Our prayers are with the victims."

It is believed to have happened very close to the Muslim Welfare House.

--A van hits pedestrians 5 minutes from us.
Police & ambulance at the scene. (Muslim Welfare House, 18 June 2017)
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(Daily Telegraph) Suspect was 'confronted by bystanders'
Eyewitnesses have reported seeing bystanders wrestle the suspect to the ground and pin him down until officers arrived.
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--A503 Seven Sisters Rd is closed N/B at Hornsey Rd & S/B at Rock St due to a police incident. The road will be closed for some time. (Transport for London, 18 June 2017)
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(The Guardian) The incident in Finsbury Park comes after two attacks in London since March which saw pedestrians struck by vehicles. Both were terrorist attacks. The first was in Westminster and the second came a fortnight ago in London Bridge.
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--We have a number of ambulance crews & specialist teams on scene at the incident on #SevenSisters Road #FinsburyPark (London Ambulance Service, 18 June 2017)
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(The Guardian) (Guardian correspondent) Richard Preston is on the scene and has spoken to witnesses.

One man, who asked not to be named, said: I was sitting in a cafe. My cousin was injured, he’s in hospital now... someone told me two people were stuck under the van. People tried to lift the van up. Police were quick to the scene.”
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