drove on the pavement, coming straight towards all the muslims, and as he is coming to them, he hit all of them. within hours, the muslim council of britainlice 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. arrested. he has since been taken to hospital as a precautionlj arrested. he has since been taken to hospital as a precaution. i was coming from the shops. and i saw a large cloud of people on the pavement. i learned after that a van that was standing up by the traffic lights was the van that mood 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 hour was 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 counterterrorism officers of the th

the muslim council of britain tweeting that a van ran over people as they were leaving the mosque, laterayers marking ramadan. witnesses telling cnn three men got out of the van though. one of them was apprehended, tw others fled. we haven't had that detail though given to us by police just yet. with me is a community leader, is that correct? you came down here as part of a cross-religious effort. what did you discover here in terms of atmosphere? >> well, actually the atmosphere for the muslim community is quite tense, and there's elements of fear and we want to ensure that the muslim community doesn't feel the brunt of extremism, be it racial extremism or extremism in the name of their own religion, our own religion, and we have to ensure that we work together with other people of faith, faith leaders or people of no faith, we work together to ensure that this city and this country remains peaceful and the extremists will never be able to >> the muslim council of britain is calling for security at all mosques today. they've asked for that before, haven't they? because your community h

we've heard from the muslim council of britain, saying islamaphobia has been on the increase. hocking nonetheless? of course, an attack like this is always shocking. you can look at this in two ways. in many ways this was inevitable, and we expected it, because we've seen numerous times islamaphobic attacks, and they are notjust ordinary attacks. we are talking about verbal abuse to rio attacks on individuals which have been taken in retaliation ina which have been taken in retaliation in a sense after other attacks, whether that's been in manchester or london. those times, organisations like ourselves, and many people actually on the ground realise that the concentration should notjust beyond the retaliation the victims at hand, so there's not really been the scope to mention that, but it's been a real sentiment. people feel there have been retaliation is, and we've seen that, so in many ways this was seen coming by people, and that's why the frustration is high. i spoke to an eyewitness who said, look, we stand with manchester and london bridge. this isn't about communities,

we will be speaking to the muslim council of britain ina speaking to the muslim council of britain inam sure they will be reassured of what we heard from police, extra resources deployed for those who have observing ramadan. we want to talk a little about security, will get us is our security specialist. police saying that no one else was in the van, what can you tell us about what you know? at the moment, it is limited and whatever information is coming through will be fairly sketchy and coming from a variety of different sources. i have spoken to some locals here, we are getting conflicting reports. from what i can draw from my analysis of the situation, this was well intended, to cause as much harm as possible and therefore i think it's clear, obviously, a terrorist attack but by whom? ultimately the group or individual that this person has been inspired by to carry out this attack, is playing directly into the islamic state and extremist agenda who have taken credit for many of these attacks of late. tell us with your expertise what makes you think it was well—planned, particularl

muslim community there and some of your eyewitnesses. but we will wait for the metropolitan police to say what they know at this stage about the motivation. >> again, the statement we got from the muslim council of britain was, we have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left simsbury park mosque. our prayers are with the victims. is that enough to indeed say they were a target, juliet, to call this terror? >> i think the metropolitan police were probably very careful about what they wanted to say publicly to the muslim community at this stage. but i interpreted that as we are nervous, you know, you may be under some heightened threat at this stage, and that probabl has been followed up with greater police presence at mosques during this time. so, the very fact that the metropolitan police would have reached out to the community i think is a way of -- is a kind of community engagement we've seen in britain. we see it here in the united states between law enforcement and the muslim community in terms of sharing information, but also being ready if something like this were to happen. look, you know, coincidences happen. i'm willing to admit that, but we've had too much reporting over

of the muslim holy month of ramadan. a leader of the muslim council of britain has called for extra security at mosques in the area.... this latest incident comes after a similar crash earlier this month, a van veered into pedestrians on london bridge, setting off vehicle and knife attacks that killed eight people and wounded many others on the bridge and in the nearby borough market area. three muslim extremists who carried out the attack were killed by police. another story we've been tracking. the bay bridge is back to normal tonight after an officer involved shooting closed it for several hours this morning... police say it all started with a car crash. officer were clearing the scene of an accident when a red sedan started driving toward officers. police gave multiple commands telling the driver to stop...and when the driver continued barreling towards them...an officer fired several rounds into that vehicle....hitting the driver. (sot) (jr stone) as of right now we don't know the condition of the driver police are currently investigating if drugs and or alcohol...played a role in the incident. (jr stone) in a st

the muslim council of britain tweeted it was informed that a van ran over people as they were leavingesses tell cnn that three men exited the van. one of the men was arrested by the crowd that handed them over to law enforcement. the other two, according to witnesses, ran away. the metropolitan police spokesman tells cnn it's too early to say if this is a terror incident. just a reminder moments ago the british prime minister said this is being treated as potential ser ror incident. let's bring in cnn contributor to get. steve, we're hearing from the prime minister of britain. she's saying the police are treating this as a potential terror attack. >> yeah. this is -- as we discussed about an hour ago -- this is the fact that they haven't said anything to the public say pg thing that not a terrorist attack. all the information leads that it's possibly terrorist attack. they're not willing to put all the weight down on it yes. >> what is law enforcement doing right now. we know that the person that was driving the van or one of the people, again, eyewitnesss say they saw several, is a 4

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 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 londo

the muslim council of britain has said that worshippers were hit by a van as they left prayers at theast three people were seriously injured. earlier, the metropolitan police issued this statement. it said — police were called just after 0020hrs local time on the 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.

with me now is a representative of the muslim council of great britain. m warship, this is what happened to them. what is really angered some of these people and many people across the country, they have been talking about a rise in hate crime against muslims over a period of time, it has happened again and again, there was a bomb against finsbury park mosque, the murder of the muslim individual, a terror attack a couple of years ago, attack after attack against muslims and it feels like this has not being taken seriously and it feels like this has not being ta ken seriously and and it feels like this has not being taken seriously and muslin communities are worried. why did happen in other mosques across the country and that's why there is positive news, the mayor of london talks about the fact there will be extra police on the streets to reassure people, the prime minister talked about a cobra meeting to deal with this in a serious way and let's hope that means this is taken seriously, finally. with extra security around mosques make any difference and sh

the muzzle council of written —— the muslim council of britain has condemned the finsbury park attacks the most violent manifestation today of islamophobia and called for more to be done to protect mosques. theresa may has announced extra police to be deployed around mosques as our security correspondent frank gardner reports. this attack targeting british muslims, has been labelled one of britain's most violent incidents of islamophobia today. it took the government just eight minutes to call it a terrorist attack. it was an attack that once again targeted ordinary and the innocent. the prime minister called it as sickening as the other attack this year and repeated her intention to set up a commission to counter extremism. but while police and emergency services were soon on the scene, there are suggestions that policy makers may have underestimated the threat from far right extremism. the whole counter extremism agenda has focussed on islamist extremism and we have seen a growing concern around the far right and individuals who adhere to extremist ideologies, but haven't been tackl

the muslim council of britain has said that worshippers were hit by a van as they left prayers at theas told the bbc that at least three people were seriously injured. some hours later, it emerged that one man, makram ali, died in the attack and that another, darren osborne, had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and terror offences. before that, though, a number of viewers objected to the way the incident had initially been described on bbc news. one of them rang newswatch with his thoughts. i am calling about your recent coverage of the finsbury park attacks. now ijust don't understand why the mainstream media right now is not calling this out as a terrorist attack. at the moment, which is very disappointing. considering that, if it was a muslim, you would be very quick to point out that it is a terrorist attack. but for a white guy or anyone else who's running people over, for some reason, you have a different way of describing the news. well, we put that view to bbc news and they told us... last friday afternoon, the distress and anger which had been building up in the

reporter: the muslim council of britain is asking authorities to increase security outside mosques asg for the same thing in manchester? >> yes, we asked for all the mosques the next few days. ramadan finishes next weekend. there will be six, seven days of prayers in the evening and people will be feeling anxious. we didn't give in to the manchester attack and the london attack. we won't give in to this one. >> the muslim council of britain described it a hugely worrying growth in islamophobia. would you agree with that? >> yes. gregg: we continue our live coverage. you have been listening to ourer network sky news. one man killed, others injured. some of them quite seriously, and the man driving the van who mowed count mosque worshipers is now in custody. when we come back from a break, we'll update you with the latest. we'll be right back. y2bjgy yvpy [boy] cannonball! [girl] don't... [man] not again! [burke] swan drive. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ if you have moderate to severe ulcera

the muslim council of britain has said that worshippers were hit by a van as they left prayers at theue. 0ne eyewitness has told the bbc that at least three people were seriously injured. some hours later, it emerged that one man, makram ali, died in the attack and that another, darren osborne, had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and terror offences. before that, though, a number of viewers objected to the way the incident had initially been described on bbc news. one of them rang newswatch with his thoughts. i am calling about your recent coverage of the finsbury park attacks. ijust don't understand why the mainstream media right now is not calling this out as a terrorist attack. at the moment, which is very disappointing. considering that, if it was a muslim, you would be very quick to point out that it is a terrorist attack. but for a white guy or anyone else who's running people over, for some reason, you have a different way of describing the news. well, we put that view to bbc news and they told us... last friday afternoon, the distress and anger which had been bu

the muslim council of britain has said that worshippers were hit by a van as they left prayers at thebbc that at least three people were seriously injured. you are looking at pictures that we re you are looking at pictures that were taken not long after the incident. earlier, the metropolitan police issued this statement. it said — police were called just after 0020hrs local time on the 19 june to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians. officers are on scene with other emergency services.

the muslim council of britain has condemned the finsbury park attack saying it was the most violent manifestationdate of the slum a phobia. in a call for more to be done to protect mosques, extra police will be deployed. our security correspondent chris sports —— reports. it till the government just eight minutes to call this a terrorist attack. it was an attack that, once again, targeted the ordinary and the innocent. speaking today, the prime minister called it every bit as sickening as the other terrorist attacks this year ‘s. she repeated her intention to set up a commission to counter extremism. but while police and emergency services we re while police and emergency services were soon on the scene, there i suggest is that the makers may have underestimated the threat from far right extremism. the whole counter extremism agenda is focused on islamist extremism. and what we have seen is a growing concern around the far rightand seen is a growing concern around the far right and individuals who adhered to extremist ideologies from the far right, but they have not been tackled seriously. far ri

of police and medics. another witness who was inside the mosque when this happened said she had no doubt muslims were targeted. but police have not confirmed that right now. the muslim council of britain did release the following statement, quote, we have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they were leaving simsbury park mosque. our prayers are with the victims. it is located off seven sisters road. officers were called to the scene. it is 3:00 a.m. there. this is a live picture of what is happening on the scene. there are lots of police officers lined up. there is an area cordoned off. i spoke earlier with hillary britta who witnessed the aftermath of the attack. listen. >> there is commotion. they are running. i can see everything from my window. i ran down to see what was happening. we all ran up to the mosque which is right next to the station. they were shouting that a car had collided with people who were exiting the mosque after prayers. there was a lot of commotion going on. there was a white van which had been around and shouting that the man was the person who had hit everybody. the police were pushing all of us back so i didn't get too much closer. everybo

stressed but earlier i did speak to the chairman of the mosque and we also heard from the muslim council of britain they have called it an intentional attack on muslims tensions are running high in the u.k. after what we've seen over the last few months is there a fear that conclusions are being jumped to here do you think well not necessarily everything is a problem in the area with respect to this particular episode i've heard one report that the driver actually sped up before he plowed into the crowd of people that to me indicates deliberateness and and. it's a little strange that again we don't have any information on the perpetrator or perpetrators and consequently given that this is in a predominately muslim area outside of a mosque. again you cannot rule out certain possibilities so again i don't have the facts yet the police have not said so but. could this be a reprisal for what has occurred elsewhere. on london bridge and elsewhere i don't know but it's a little strange that this would occur in a predominantly muslim dominated area of town. but again we have no identification we have. and

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the muslim council of britain has said that worshippers were hit by a van as they left prayers at the finsbury park mosque. one eye—witness has told the bbc that at least three people were seriously injured. earlier, the metropolitan police issued this statement. it said — police were called just after 0020hrs local time on the 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. london ambulance has issued this statement: we heard from an eyewitness saying that whoever it was was amongst the crowd and that this person push the person towards the police and said they should be arrested. london ambulance has issued this statement: "we have sent a number of ambulance crews, advance paramedics and specialist responses teams to the scene. an advance trauma team from london's air ambulance has also been dispatched by car." that was around a quad bus midnight london time but as you can see from the live pictures

muslim welfare house which is just. mosque. i think how to do with the assistant secretary general of the muslim council of britain because lot as well from the mosque are both come out very strongly and said this is a targeted attack directly on muslims there are i think uncorroborated reports it's a call and we say there are unconfirmed as yet all two white men who were driving a white van but what we do know is that it's plowed directly into russia is outside the mosque it's not down at least ten people we believe that there are awesome site policies that have been many brutal scene i think the early response from the muslim community has been one of outrage of one asking for calm and peace what we don't need to see is frustration boiling over the streets of london that have been some reports i think from people i know who have been around the scene about tensions between muslims that the police and i think first meet school socom we've had the usual voices from the far right and she muslim and she multiculturalists pro trump and of the media spectrum. and she was some campaigning like tommy robinson and others coming out and

the muslim council of britain has said that worshippers were hit by a van as they left prayers at the finsbury park mosque. one eye—witness has told the bbc that at least three people were seriously injured. you are looking at pictures that we re you are looking at pictures that were taken not long after the incident. earlier, the metropolitan police issued this statement. it said — police were called just after 0020hrs local time on the 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. london ambulance has issued this statement: "we have sent a number of resources to an incident in seven sisters road. more information will follow when we have it." our news correspondent jane frances—kelly is at the scene. eyewitnesses have told police that they think at least three people we re they think at least three people were injured. they are being treated on the ground near finsbury park mosque in north london.

the muslim council of britain condemned the finsbury park attack saying this was the most violent manifestation done to protect mosques. theresa may chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee this morning and announced extra police to be deployed around mosques and she urged people to come together in the face of extremism, as our security correspondent frank gardner reports. this attack targeting british muslims, has been labelled one of britain's most violent incidents of islamophobia to date. it took the governmentjust eight minutes to call it a terrorist attack. the attack tar getted the ordinary. the prime minister called it as sickening as the other attack this year and repeated her intention to set upa year and repeated her intention to set up a commission to counter extremism. but while police and emergency services were soon on the scene, there are suggestions that policy makers may have underestimated the threat from far right extremism. the whole counter extremism agenda has focussed on islamist extremism and we have seen a growing concern around the far right and indi

. >> live for us in finsbury park, update you, a tweet from muslim council of britain, update, that attack took place outside of the muslim welfare house, near the finsbury park mosque, not outside of finsbury park mosque. that is an update, at attack took placeutside of muslim welfare house, which is near finsbury park mosque, not outside. let's just recap what we know. you will hear a lot of people saying that we're during ramadan, this is significant, during ramadan there is an extra set of prayers that are say at midnight, that is why so many people would have just been finishing the prayers, and coming out of the mosque. that is when they were targeted by this van. we go to our sky correspondent mark white, good morning to you. reporter: at this stage, main focus of the investigation, would appear to be on the deliberate act. i am still waiting on confirmation that counterterrorism command has been involved in this. we know one person is in custody av the moment. it is still early on. only happened just two and a half hours ago. emergency status are still there. there are a large poli

let me tell you what the muslim council of britain described yesterday‘s attack. park. it comes after an increase in recorded anti—muslim hate crime over the past few months. yesterday the communities secretary, sajid javid, was seen comforting a muslim mother as she told him she no longer feels safe and fears for her son. the bbc‘s nomia iqbal has met with women in manchester who told her about their concerns. at this community centre in longside, women of all backgrounds come together to talk. islam always spread the light. there are mainly muslim women here and in the last few months, one thing has dominated conversation. we need more security. people wearing to hijab have been attacked, they pulled their hijab. have you changed your daily life know people who have? people are more wary now. kettle of opening the door and went go out at certain times of night. —— careful. make sure your children are with you at all times and they aren‘t allowed to go anywhere unless you accompany them. there are so many messages going on social media and everybody is telling the

the muslim council of britain said the van had been driven at worshippers who'd just left the mosquek after ramadan prayers. they were struck on the seven sisters road. members of the public then detained the driver. according to witnesses, he said that he wanted to kill all muslims. here's our correspondent daniel sandford. it was just after midnight in london, and the third attack using a vehicle injust three months. this time, the muslim community was the target. basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards all the muslims. as he is coming to them, he hit all of them. after the van had crashed through worshippers marking the holy month of ramadan, leaving eight badly injured, men who'd been to late night prayers found themselves wrestling the suspected van driver to the road. when he was on the ground i asked him, why did you do that, why? you know, innocent people. he goes, i want to kill muslims. after a prolonged struggle, the suspected driver was arrested. the imam had intervened to prevent further violence and he was handed over to the first police officers to arr

. >> well, the muslim council of britain yesterday was having that conversation. >> what needs to happen? why have these of these attacks got through? you're saying it's purely policing? >> not at all. policing is part of it, but it's also about making sure we have the confidence of the community. if you look at how we solve issues around the ira -- i mean, i'm old enough to remember the i.r.a. coming indiscriminately across london, birmingham. it was a very scary time, just like now. the way we solved it was by having the confidence of the community, the community then coming forward and saying these are the individuals we are concerns about. what we want to do is make sure that the community are confident in what we're doing. it's about looking at the prevent program. it's about looking at resourcing. it's about making sure that we got the right police officers with the right training in the right place. >> how much is it about online spaces? theresa may said that's their safe space to breed. >> the prime minister is absolutely right. it's quite shocking that twitter and google -- it i

we actually just got a new statement in from the muslim council of britain which is condemning this incident, the secretary general of this group has said during the night ordinary british citizens were sat upon going about their lives completing their evening night worship. my prayers are with the victims and families. it appears from eyewitness accounts that the perpetrator was motivated by islamaphobia. there has been several incidents of islamaphobia and this was the most violent and i quote manifestation to date. that sort of summarizes some of the sentiment here on the street. we are waiting for an update from the authorities who have not said that this was a deliberately motivated attack yet, they have not labeled this an act of terrorism yet. we did hear from prime minister theresa may who did call this a terrible incident and said that her thoughts and prayers are with those who have been injured by that van. what we know so far, what's confirmable so far as far as what the authorities told us is at about 12:20 a.m. local time a white van plowed into a crowd of people injuring sever

the muslim council of britain has said that worshippers were hit by a van as they left prayers at the and that another, darren osborne, had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and terror offences. before that, though, a number of viewers objected to the way the incident had initially been described on bbc news. one of them rang newswatch with his thoughts. i am calling about your recent coverage of the finsbury park attacks. ijust don't understand why the mainstream media right now is not calling this out as a terrorist attack. at the moment, which is very disappointing. considering that, if it was a muslim, you would be very quick to point out that it is a terrorist attack. but for a white guy or anyone else who's running people over, for some reason, you have a different way of describing the news. well, we put that view to bbc news and they told us... last friday afternoon, the distress and anger which had been building up in the wake of the grenfell tower fire found an outlet. here isjeremy cooke reporting on that night's news at six. a crowd storms kensington town hall

muslim council in britain. supported use of muslim brother leader said something about suicide bombings, oppression of women and any other things. supporting a guy who said those awful things and being a member of an organization like that, in addition, he also said that the july 7th, 2007 bombings where 52 londoners died were caused by british foreign policy. i think if the president sticks to legitimate criticisms of mayor khan, perhaps he could push him in the right direction. jackie: speaking of things that chan had said that has gotten people heated if you will. this was a tweet sent out saturday or friday before the massacre. this is a tweet it says climate change remains one of the biggest risks to humidity. now more than ever world leaders must recognize and act on this threat. really? >> yeah. no i don't think so. i think climate change is obviously an issue. it is hardly the national security issue of the day. and i think if mayor chan would spend more time looking at the i didn't juwaadists in the midst of london rat