describe this man for extraordinary. describe this man for us. extraordinary. describe this man for us. what did he looked like an repeat again, abdul, what he was shouting when you detained him? he was saying... when we got him on the ground, i asked him, was saying... when we got him on the ground, iasked him, why did was saying... when we got him on the ground, i asked him, why did you do that? i was very emotional and very upset. why did you do that? you killed so many people. at that time ididn't killed so many people. at that time i didn't know how many people got injured or died but i said, why did you do that, why did you do that? he said kill me, kill me. i said why did you do that, you're killing so many people for no reason! i think this man, you know, he was... he had an englishman face. he looked like a builder, a very big man. he was in his 50s i think. very strong. we couldn't hold him that much as he was very strong. luckily there were other people who came out from the

mosque and they came to help us. how did you let the police that you have this man? presumably the police didn't know. there were other people that came past because we just, people came out from the mosque and there was a crowd all over the place. that's why we told them to call the ambulance, call the police, so call the ambulance, call the police, $03 call the ambulance, call the police, so a lot of people were trying to make those calls to the police and that's when the police came and there was only one car that came and there was only one car that came and the police didn't come until they got back up, that's when they handcuffed him and put him in the van. one, did you see who else was in the van? we're hearing reports that were three people in the van and of course you detained the one who was in police custody but it is the others? i only saw one man who was running, i only saw one. people

we re was running, i only saw one. people were saying three people. but honestly, . .. unfortunately we lost abdul. talking to abdul and we will see if we can get him back on the line, hejust see if we can get him back on the line, he just came out of hospital and received some minor injuries but he was telling us the extraordinary story about how he and others who had just been in the mosque for evening prayers were trying to help an elderly man who had become ill on the street. he said he was describing the fact they gave the elderly man cpr when a white van came hurtling towards pedestrians on the street near him. and clearly tried to just plough into people. the street near him. and clearly tried tojust plough into people. he was describing the scene where this man and one other possibly escaped the van and they managed to grab him, ourcost him, the van and they managed to grab him, our cost him, pushed into the ground the street and keep him

there, they said, for 20 minutes to half an hour with the help of others, i might add. he described him asa others, i might add. he described him as a british man in his 505, very strong, he may be a builder, but he gave us a sense of who he was that they kept in their four 20— 30 minutes until police were able to come and arrest this man. extraordinary. i really vivid account of their and the keith lyon —— keith lyon that abdul said there isa —— keith lyon that abdul said there is a lower trying to hold the man down, he said i want to kill muslims. also he said a abdul was saying, the man said kill me, kill me, as they were holding him to the pavement, extremely unbelievable circumstances pavement, extremely unbelievable ci rcu msta nces really pavement, extremely unbelievable circumstances really and abdul they are talking to us very clearly and calmly about his experiences overnight. he was in the mosque with other muslims in finsbury park, just

having the evening prayers in the holy month of done, as they do. 0bviously —— ramadan abedi to obviously this is not something that they expect him to do but they have, he has come out of hospital having received injuries but he was not able to speak to us about his injuries. interestingly he thought there was just one man, the injuries. interestingly he thought there wasjust one man, the man injuries. interestingly he thought there was just one man, the man who he helped pin down. he referred to other people believing there may have been two or three men and that is something that has come up again and again through the night but as we have been learning, with so many of these incidents in manchester and the various ones in london, often there are conflicting accounts but there are conflicting accounts but there we go, we have heard from a direct witness, someone involved in detaining this man that he believes there was one man and we know that there was one man and we know that the police are saying they have arrested one man. just to remind you

with bbc news, we are interrupting oui’ with bbc news, we are interrupting our normal programming to bring to you the very latest on and other incidents taking place overnight in london. of course, this being the third time in as many months that a vehicle has hit pedestrians on the streets of london. this time taking place in north london in the borough of islington north which is to record and's area. —— jeremy corbyn‘s. he has been active overnight, speaking to the various authorities about all of the events which have taken place. bring you up—to—date with what has happened, here is greg dawson. the seven sisters rd in north londonjust after midnight. this footage was recorded moments after a van mounted the pavement and struck several pedestrians. the streets have been filled with worshippers who just left evening prayers at the finsbury park mosque and the nearby muslim welfare

house. he looked straight, he looked straight like it was towards muslims. they were basically the target. he basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards all the muslims, and as he was coming to them, he hit all of them. within hours, the muslim council of britain claimed the van was intentionally driven at worshippers. police say the driver, a 48—year—old man, was found by members of the public and handed over to officers to be arrested. he has since been taken to hospital as a precaution. i was coming from the shops. and i saw a large crowd of people on the pavement. i learned after that a van that was standing up by the traffic lights was the van that mowed the people down. several ambulances were on the scene soon afterwards with trauma teams treating the injured. eight people were taken to hospital. in the early hours of the morning, downing street issued a statement from theresa may, saying her thoughts are with all of those injured. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, who is also a local mp, said he was totally shocked and had

been in touch with mosques in the area as well as islington council. this morning, the scene remained sealed off as counter—terrorism officers, for the third time in as many months, investigated a vehicle being driven into people on london streets with deadly consequences. you are looking at my pictures of north london. it'sjust coming up to six a.m. london time. live pictures of the police cordoned in the area around finsbury park. after an incident at around 12:15am london time. van driving into pedestrians as worshippers came out finsbury park mosque and a muslim welfare house. eight people injured, one person injured at the scene and a

man has been arrested by the police, a48 man has been arrested by the police, a 48 peraud of driver. the muslim council of britain have been extremely vocal about their viewpoint about what happened, it calling it islamophobia, a terrorist attack on the muslim community. the london mayor siddique khan has released a statement to say that extra police are being deployed to reassure communities across the capital, especially those who are observing ramadan at the moment. he says extra police are being deployed and also says finsbury park attack was an assault on all our shared values of tolerance, freedom, and respect. so that is the latest line from the mayor siddique khan and of course he has been extremely busy of recent weeks. the last time he had to speak to the public about its response to such a thing was that g re nfell tower response to such a thing was that grenfell tower just days response to such a thing was that grenfell towerjust days ago. also

in north london, that is in northwest london of course, a com pletely northwest london of course, a completely different incident happening in the middle of last week but prior to that we have the london bridge attack where again a van ploughed into people at borough market and on london bridge and then a month or so prior we have the westminster bridge attack where, again, a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians walking across the bridge with a knife attack resulting outside the houses of parliament. london under attack again, it would seem. you can see live pictures here of police basically in an area, seven sisters rd, this is, in finsbury park, islington, north london. the latest word from downing street is this is being treated as a potential terrorist attack. that has come from the prime minister theresa may. she says she will chair an emergency meeting later this morning

and goes on to say all of my thoughts are with effect is, their families and the emergency services on the scene. the ramadhan foundation and the muslim council for britain have been very vocal on this, referencing what they see as rising islamophobia in britain, calling on the authorities to increase security outside mosques, a message clearly being felt by mayor siddique khan in his message there to the public. the muslim council wanting increased security outside mosques. they said there is increasing islamophobia and this attack overnight is a manifestation of that. something that eyewitnesses and people down on the ground have been saying to us on bbc news right through the night, saying that this was a direct intentional attack on them and that they wanted it to be treated as such. 0bviously faqs are

coming through the night but we now know that one person has been killed in the incident —— facts. eight injured and a 48 to rob man injured. but for a arrested. abdul came out of the hospital, he described the scene, he is one of the men who detained one of the, the man who was in the van. levels on to him. it was after 12am, probably between 1215 and 1220 when this incident happened. there was this old man who passed out on the corner and we were trying to help him, give him cpr. we gathered some friends and came outside the mosque, a few yards away, and we heard speeding, a van turning into us. which, he ran over

and luckily i managed to get away. a lot of people got injured. so he managed to get away but we are told you actually detained one of the men...? yes. talk you actually detained one of the men. . . ? yes. talk us through that. when the guy came out from his van he wanted to escape, runaway, he was saying i want to kill muslims, i wa nt to saying i want to kill muslims, i want to kill muslims, so because there was replaced to run away, he came back to where he drove us so i hit him on his stomach which he fell down on the floor and then me and some other guys held him to the ground until he was, couldn't move, and we held him until the police came. the police took around i would say 20 minutes to half an hour, they took very long, and ambulance as

well. abdul, that's absolutely extraordinary. just described this man for us. did extraordinary. just described this manfor us. did he extraordinary. just described this man for us. did he look like and repeat again, abdul, what it was shouting when you were detaining him. he was saying, well, when we put it on the ground, i asked him why did you do that? i was very emotional. i was very upset, you know, why did you do that? you killed so many people! at that time ididn't killed so many people! at that time i didn't know how many people were injured or died and i said why did you do that? he said kill me. i said why did you do that? you have killed so many people! for no reason! i think this man, you know, he was — he had an englishman face, he looked like a builder, a very big man, in his 505, i think, very strong as we couldn't hold in that much as he was

very strong. luckily, there was a lot of people who came up from the mosque and came to help us. how did you let the police that you had this man? presumably the police didn't know. i didn't, there were other people that came by because people just came out from the mosque and so the crowd was all over the place and that's why, i told them call the ambulance, call the police, so a lot of people were trying to make the calls to the police and that's when the police came and there was only one car that came and they didn't come until they had backup. that's when they handcuffed him and put him in the van. abdul, did you see who else was in the van? he reports that we re else was in the van? he reports that were three people in the van but of course you detained on who is in police custody. did you see others?

i only saw one man who was running, i only saw one man who was running, i only saw one man who was running, i only saw one. good morning, it's monday the 19th ofjune. as van drives in two crowd of people outside a mosque. the incident happened just after midnight. many of the victims had just finished even impress after breaking their ramadan fast. this is the senior this morning as police continue to deal with what they described as a major incident. good morning, it's monday the 19th ofjune. also this morning: