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Van Mows Down Pedestrians Near London Mosque
Topic Started: Jun 18 2017, 08:17 PM (251 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 Guardian) The incident comes towards the end of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and the holiest time of their year. During Ramadan Muslims fast daily from dawn to dusk and focus on prayer, purification and acts of charity. This year Ramadan began on 26 May 26 and ends on Saturday 24 June.
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--Here is Rebel Media's Tommy Robinson justifying the attack in London's #FinsburyPark. The mosque is now a hub for counterextremism, FYI. (Caroline O., 18 June 2017)
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(The Guardian) Rabbi Herschel Gluck of the Jewish security grip Shomrim, rushed to the scene.

He said: “It seems the van went onto the pavement people were there drinking coffee after their fast. We are here to support the local community. The hurt are predominantly Muslim.”
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(The Guardian) At least ten people injured - witness
--While there are no official confirmation of how many people have been injured, police and the Ambulance Service have said there are a number of casualties.

A witness has told Sky News that at least ten people were hit outside the mosque.
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(The Guardian) 'A lot of chaos outside' – witness
--A witness who lives opposite the scene of the crash has described the moment to the BBC: From the window, I started hearing a lot of yelling and screeching, a lot of chaos outside. Everybody was shouting: ‘A van’s hit people, a van’s hit people’. There was this white van stopped outside Finsbury Park mosque that seemed to have hit people who were coming out after prayers had finished. I didn’t see the attacker himself, although he seems to have been arrested, but I did see the van.”
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(The Guardian) The aftermath of the incident in Finsbury Park, London, in which a van has struck pedestrians.
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--Eyewitness tells @jamesrbuk man drove van at pedestrians outside London mosque, then shouted “Kill me, kill me, I want to kill all Muslims (James Ball, Buzzfeed News - 18 June 2017)
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--Our thoughts and prayers with those who got injured and effected by this cowardly attack in Finsbury Park area, many casualties in the floor (Mohammed Kozbar, Chairman Finsbury Park Mosque -- 18 June 2017)
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.....MSNBC reporting that New York Police are sending officers to mosques across the Five Boroughs as a precautionary measure given the events tonight in London.....
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(The Guardian) To clarify, the incident took place outside the Muslim Welfare House, which contains a mosque, but not the Finsbury Park Mosque, which is some 300m away.
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(The Guardian) 'Three men in van' – witness
--A witness has told Sky News that there were three men in the van. He said one was arrested and two ran away. But this has not been confirmed. Police have simply said one man has been arrested.
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(The Guardian) The Guardian’s crime correspondent Vikram Dodd is on the scene. He says: I am standing on the junction of Fonthill Road and Seven Sisters Road. Police tape is up and the road is blocked by a flotilla of police vehicles. Standing back are armed police officers and local people are also standing around, some are agitated and others are slightly bemused. One or two have witnessed what happened and are in a state of shock.”
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(The Guardian) Andrew, a courier who did not wish to give his surname, said he saw three people on the floor and at least one of them appeared to be in Muslim dress.

The 45-year-old, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, the Press Association he was driving back from a night shift when he saw the aftermath of the collision.

He said: “When I drove past slowly I could count three people on the floor and police were performing CPR on one of them. The guy having CPR performed on him was in a gown, ethnic clothing.”
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(The Guardian) The Guardian’s Richard Preston, who is on the scene, said a witness told him that an elderly man had collapsed at a bus stop and was being tended to by a crowd of people when the van hit.
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(The Guardian) One resident told the Press Association he jumped out of the way as the van struck pedestrians. The man, who did not want to be named, said: The gentleman went straight down this road, people were just conversing, talking, just doing what we’re doing. And he just came into all of us. There was a lot of people. We got told to move straight away. I was shocked, shocked, shocked. There were bodies around me. Thank God I just moved to the side, I just jumped. Everyone is hurt. Everyone is actually hurt.”
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