At least one person is dead, and eight are in hospital after a van slammed into a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a mosque in Finsbury Park, north London, just after midnight on Monday morning local time.
A 48-year-old male suspect was arrested at the scene, according to London Metropolitan police. UK Prime Minister Theresa May said police are treating the incident "as a potential terrorist attack."Driver was detained by members of public at the scene before police arrived.
-- Witnesses describe seeing two additional men fleeing from the van.
-- Investigation of the incident is being carried out by the Counter Terrorism Command.
-- Prime Minister Theresa May to chair an emergency meeting Monday morning
-- Muslim Council of Britain releases a statement calling it a "terror attack."Attack on worshippers
Islington's Seven Sisters Road, where the incident took place, is home to several mosques, and would have likely been filled with worshipers leaving late-night taraweeh prayers and heading back toward the Finsbury Park Underground Station.
A statement released by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) condemned what it described as a "terror attack."
"During the night, ordinary British citizens were set upon while they were going about their lives, completing their night worship. My prayers are with the victims and their families," read the statement.
Witnesses described seeing between eight to 10 people lying on the ground near to the Muslim Welfare House on Seven Sisters Road.