we've got a statement from the muslim welfare house website. muslim council for britain have been speaking all through the night. today they are condemning what is widely being described as a terror attack that has taken part at —— taken place at finsbury park in london. this is the full statement they have issued online: muslim communities have been calling for increased action to tackle the growth in hate crime for many years and tra nsformative action growth in hate crime for many years and transformative action must now be taken to tackle not only this incident but the hugely worrying growth in islamaphobia. that was a statement from the muslim council for that was a statement from the muslim councilfor britain. you're with bbc news as we interrupt oui’ you're with bbc news as we interrupt our normal programming this morning to keep you across developments in north london. let'sjoin our news reporter graham satchell, who is at finsbury park. graham, bring us up to date. good morning. it's very interesting how this whole situation has develop

that's by the muslim welfare house? 20 or 30 meters away. fast? the thing was because in the last ten days, it is a period where people pray like a second round. so it's 12 o'clock to 1am is the time. it's the buffer period between the two. people go out and get food and some back and that's when it happened. that's when the incident happened. what do you think about the reaction there has beenin think about the reaction there has been in terms of the political reaction. the prime minister came out quickly and said this appears to bea out quickly and said this appears to be a terrorism incident and counter—terrorism police are investigating. sadiq khan... that's what they say. even the way the news tabloids are reporting this, they are saying, "it maybe terrorists." it shows it is 100% a terrorist attack. the daily mail blurred out the person's face. the newspapers, vehicle cold leuds. the words they use. it goes to show. this is not like, this is something we see all the time. however, the way they portray it, vehicle cold leuds. it makes it

were leaving ramadan prayers at the finsbury park mosque the white van had people outside the muslim welfare house on seven sisters road. we just came out from the prayer time we're having short break so you know on during ramadan we pray at night suddenly on my way home i hear the big noise and the crush noise when i turned back i saw the the fire hit the people the guy who was under the van was seriously injured which he took the whole mode of the van. the guy as well he's got hit in his head because he was standing looking at the guy like this in the valley to hit him here that's what happened. this video appeared online apparently showing the moment police arrested the suspects forty eight year old white man was handed over to officers after being pinned down by worshippers until the police arrived he's been charged with attempted murder and it's been confirmed that the suspect was acting alone this is being treated as a terrorist and the counterterrorism command is investigating also at the scene detained by members of that community was the man suspected of being the driver during this attac

and muslim welfare house about 30 metres behind me. adan isn't being marked but during ramadan at this part of the night, it would have been very, very busy. and in many people are turning on and taking their kids to school this morning and maybe turning on their television for the first time this morning. bringing you up to date, there was an attack last night and there was an attack last night and the prime minister theresa may is saying it was a suspected terrorist attack. as a major police incident. one man, we believe, a 48—year—old who has been arrested and now treated in hospital. we have had so many statements this morning and we are covering this in—depth as much as we can. a statement has been released saying please stay calm as the investigation establishes all the fa cts . investigation establishes all the facts. pray for those affected and forjustice. one facts. pray for those affected and for justice. one person facts. pray for those affected and forjustice. one person has died and eight have been taken to three separate h

van driving into pedestrians as worshippers came out finsbury park mosque and a muslim welfare house.n 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

it was happening near the mosque outside muslim welfare house in finsbury park.witnesses saying it wasn't just crowds there, eyewitnesses saying it wasn'tjust men, there were also women. plenty of elderly people and some children. of course it is the holy month of ramadan. in terms of confirmed numbers, we are hearing from london ambulance service that eight patients have been taken to hospital following that incident in north london and one person died at the scene. the metropolitan police saying one man has been arrested, a 48—year—old van driver. he was detained by members of the public at the scene and then he was arrested. contrary to some reports through the night chines, they are saying there are no reports of any persons having suffered any knife injuries. you can see live pictures on one side of the screen and footage of what emerged overnight on the other. the area is cordoned off at the moment in finsbury park. some of the main street is our cordoned off and some people haven't been able to get home this evening after leaving the mosque —— main streets

outside of building four, the muslim welfare house. let's take a look at what we know so far. police were called to this area finsbury park at 20 past 12:00 this morning. this van described as a white van struck close to that muslim welfare house just after midnight. and we know that the area was full of people who just left ramadan midnight prayers at the center as well as finsbury park. there are a number of mosques in this area. we are in the middle of ramadan. an extremely busy night as worshipers came and went. mark, you have been here for some time. what else are you hearing? >> in terms of the investigation, an important update from scotland yard confirming they believe there was only one suspect. that suspect, a 48-year-old man is in custody. he's being assessed at a hospital. he will be formally questioned. clearly police as matter of urgency will want to determine what the motivation of this man was. whether there are any others out there that might be connected to him that might be planning similar attacks. this of course comes when the counter-terrorism investigati

what we know is that people were coming out of both the finsbury park mosque and the muslim welfare houset from the labour leaderjeremy corbyn who is saying he is totally shocked by the north london mosque incidents. that is the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, totally shocked. in addition to their sadiq khan. yes, i believe the finsbury park mosque false under jeremy corbyn's constituency. not only is he speaking as the leader of the opposition, he is the local mp in that area and he will have immediate concerns for his constituents there. we are looking at pictures of the cordoned off junction, a row of police officers there, knocking the road of police response units. —— blocking. just out of shot is a very large crowd of a lot of people who can't get back to where they need to be as well as those who are just seeing what has happened. eyewitness reports on the round is saying that gordon has been growing since police have been called. it has been about 3.5 hours since police arrived on the scene —— cordons. at the moment, it does look like they have contained whatever was happening but tha

the muslim welfare house. it was the imam of the mosque came to protect them. >> the imam came because people were angry and upset by what happened. and the imam said stop kicking him. >> when he was taken away the witnesses said he was saying something. on social media. reporter: the police took him away. then the ambulance, the specialist, they were treating people at the scene? >> he said an ambulance come in. that took over an hour which is ridiculous. i don't know why the plans took so long. reporter: some people were saying there were three people. >> we confirmed that that was there on the site. two people got away. they were scared. civilians were scared. the driver was [inaudible] reporter: i promised you would would talk about your concerns for the community here. that issue. he's been told by the police they are doing everything here to protect the muslim welfare house. he's happy with that? >> nothing can be done. the question in the media. the harsh reality of the world we live in, the violence on

when i went over to the muslim welfare house at three in the morning it was, they were all they're working what had happened and tend to those so badly injured. that is the response of the community. i'm grateful to everyone that has come here this evening. come here to show what our community response is about this. think about it. just think about it for a moment. those that set off bombs in london on 7/7 and kill people from lisburn, those that supported and that person who set off the bomb in manchester, that took so many lives, those that kill people with lives on london bridge, and this incident, all designed to achieve the same thing. attacks on our community that will bring about a division of all of our communities. the only

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 police contingents that is there. and these police

outside the tube station contrary to the initial reports this is attack took place at the muslim welfare house it's small the mosques just next to the tube station entrance it's not the. mosque which is the bigger mosque which previously had kicked out radical preachers like to apologise like about how many years ago this is a mosque around the corner we've heard from the prime minister to resign may she had. convened a meeting of the cobra leaders of security and intelligence in the country and following that meeting there were a number of points that she made one of which was that every aspect of the attack was sickening because she was also keen to point out that this was deemed a terrorist attack within just the eight minutes of it taking place of course many people pointing out the prophecy in the past of the attacks against muslims not being deemed a terrorist attack she was very clear in saying that hatred and evil will never succeed and as we can see now she said that this was an attack specifically not against muslims i thought it was an attack almost claims that place of worship and

where those flowers have been placed by members of the community and it took place at the muslim welfare house or just outside it it's a small mosque just attached to a building right next to the entrance to finsbury park station contrary to original reports it wasn't the finn's re park mosque plus the mosque which is just down this way and is going to just earlier actually the prime minister to resign made the opposition germy corbin they both went into that mosque and we've also from the mayor of london saw that terrorism is terrorism it doesn't matter whether you're inspired by a perverse force of islam or inspired by some other motives to try and terrorize others there are terrorists so much for you but other means other than islamists much of asian perverse islam is a motivation that could use this for the peace to recognize faces a challenge they face this country apart in recent weeks and months in fact we've seen three terrorist attacks in manchester and london and we've also seen that devastating fire at the grand felt tower which really tested threes amazed leadership and when she ca

let's talk to joey valentino — joey was inside the muslim welfare house in finsbury park when the attackhank you for being with us on the bbc news. can you describe what you saw and heard when you came out of the house? literally i was praying inside. in the middle of the prayer, i could hear a lot of shouting and screaming, and people were panicky. idid not screaming, and people were panicky. i did not pay massive attention because i thought there were some southern fights going on. when i finished my prayer, i looked around and offices of things going on, people were screaming. everyone was panicking. i rushed to the entrance. i was telling people to do the same thing, i listen to the police doctor. i could see people lying on the floor, blood, i could see people giving them cpr and everyone screaming. lots of shouting at the front. i made my way through the people and i got the front i saw when they got the man and held down on the ground. i handed it over to the police and the van drove off.” don't how much you saw of the exchanges that involved them asking people to calm down, and r

when i went over to the muslim welfare house at three in the morning it was, they were all they're workingway trying to support the community and bring about peace to understand what had happened and tend to those so badly injured. that is the response of the community. i'm grateful to everyone that has come here this evening. come here to show what our community response is about this. think about it. just think about it for a moment. those that set off bombs in london on 7/7 and kill people from lisburn, those that supported and that person who set off the bomb in manchester, that took so many lives, those that kill people with lives on london bridge, and this incident, all designed to achieve the same thing. attacks on our community that will bring about a division of all of our communities. the only response can ever be one of bringing communities together in solidarity and support for each other at a time of crisis. applause. that is the only response there can ever be. we're not going to be divided because we are muslims, christians, jewish people, buddhists, hindus, humanists. we're

we have had some threats made to the muslim welfare house the religious places in the area.y have the support they need. i am in touch with the local police as well as those from scotland yard. you said you spoke to downing street. have you spoke to downing street. have you spoken directly to theresa may? i haven‘t spoken to her directly but our officers have been in touch and she has expressed condolences for the death, and also concerned about what happened last night. do you expect to make a visit today? what happened last night. do you expect to make a visit today7m what happened last night. do you expect to make a visit today? it is not up to me to decide what the prime minister does. i am the local mp and the leader of the labour party and the opposition. i am here as you would expect any constituency mp to be here. these are people i have represented for more than 35 yea rs. have represented for more than 35 years. i know many of them extremely well. i feel their pain today and i feel less stressed today. i feel we have to reach out and feel their pain and stress. the

i think it must be clarified that this was outside muslim welfare house., and there's been some frustration on the ground. not really anger, just emotions are high. with eyewitnesses that were there at the time of the attack, you can't confirm many things at the moment, but the idea that it was a deliberate attack is something that was on the attack. we condemned the attack as soon as it happened. we heard about victims and we have prayed for them, but going there, we saw there was real frustration, but also emotions were really high. people just witnessed that attack. that there is also solidarity which is quite potent. people are very thankful that the police are there and doing their duty as well. this is such an important time of year, of course, isn't it? it is. what we are seeing, it's not been a month since the manchester attack took place, and then we saw london bridge and borough market, and just days ago we saw grenfell tower, and this is another attack that our nation is to face, and it's the time of ramadan, when people were going to the night

we are here tonight in support of the mosque and muslim welfare house because of the stress they are for full. if this mosque is attacked, is a synagogue is attacked, if a church is attacked, if any prisoners attacked, we are all under attack because of that. let's have that sense of solidarity from all communities. bring them together in that sense of unity. i'm proud to represent this community and i think what we have achieved in finsbury park and that sense of understanding of all our communities is something that i would like to see learned from and may be copied elsewhere. because we do have this incredible sense of community tea and coming together. that is why we are here on the streets tonight and if anyone tries anything against any of our communities were going to be here in even greater numbers showing that same sense of solidarity. so thank you all for being here, thank you for all the different faith communities that have come together this evening to show their support and solidarity. and bringing people together gives joy and strength and happiness. and gives us the c

let's talk to joey valentino — joey was inside the muslim welfare house in finsbury park when the attackwhen you came out of the house? literally i was praying inside.

after leaving finsbury park mosque, many people walked towards the muslim welfare house.ustling, hitting a crowd helping an elderly man taken ill. it is a reminder that terrorism can take many forms. and we will do with them. it was an attack in the constituency them. it was an attack in the constituencheremy corbyn. them. it was an attack in the constituency jeremy corbyn. fumat people i've met today, the stress levels, people are frightened. we obviously need efficient and effective policing. we obviously need an attitude in our society of support for each other. the only way to do with this kind of issue is community is communities coming together. mr corbyn went on to join local community and religious leaders in a moment of silence following the attack. an attacker one faith is an attack on all faith. those trying to divide us on all faith. those trying to divide us and spread fear, hatred and division will not succeed. the area remained sealed off as the police investigation continues. already there are plans to increase security around all london's mask, particular

i know the people in muslim welfare house and the mosque extremely well, the community very well, andalk to the police and firefighters and ambulance who work here. i have to say, the response by all three emergency services was very timely and very quick, and the police managed to arrest the suspect who was driving the van and taken away from the area. and sadly the gentleman who died's body was on the ground uncovered respectfully by a tent so the forensic examination could take place. the community here became very angry because in the initial stages this wasn't being referred to as a terrorist attack. do you think this terrorist attack has been treated as seriously as others? well i'm treating it as absolutely seriously as any other type. this was a van driving into a crowd of people who were attending a man who was already injured. and they were coming home from night time prayers at in the mosque, it is ramadan and it's perfectly normal, and eight people have been injured. some of them, i understand, extremely seriously. as i see it, this is a terror on the street and a terror o

after leaving the mosque, many walked towards the muslim welfare house. the van and drove up house. it was then the van and drove upa bus house. it was then the van and drove up a bus lane and swerved into a side road from hitting a crowd who we re side road from hitting a crowd who were helping an elderly man who had been taken ill. it is a reminder that terrorism, extremism and hatred ta ke that terrorism, extremism and hatred take many forms. our determination to tackle them must be the same whoever is responsible. the attack took place in the constituency of the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who visited the area earlier today. the stress levels from people last night and this morning were just frightening. they were frightened that something might this happened again. we need efficient and effective policing and an attitude in our society. orfor effective policing and an attitude in our society. or for each other. the only way to deal with this kind of issue is communities coming together. the area remains sealed off as the police investigation contin

targeting muslim wash those who have been outside i think it's a 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 p

north of london police first responded to reports of the vehicle hitting people outside the muslim welfare house on seven sisters road within a minute of it happening crowds were leaving ramadan prayers at the finsbury park mosque the prime minister to resign may condemn the incident. country woke to news of another terrorist attack. on the streets of the capital city. this was an attack on mostly me a place of worship. please stick legit a terrorist incident within eight minutes then me on my way home i hear the big noise and the crash noise when i turned back i saw the the fan hit the people the guy who was under the van was seriously injured he was standing looking at the guy like this on the ballot you had to hear it seeks to drive us apart. treat and evil. will never succeed. with this video appeared online apparently showing the moment police arrested the suspect forty eight year old white male was handed over to officers and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after being pinned down by worshippers police say they are not looking for any other suspects our correspondent allie who's

north of the city police first responded to reports of the vehicle hitting people outside the muslim welfare house on seven sisters road within a minute of it happening crowds were leaving ramadan prayers at the finsbury park mosque prime minister to resign may has already condemned the incident. country woke to news of another terrorist attack. on the streets of the capital city. this was an attack almost claims made place of worship police declared it a terrorist incident within a minute it seeks to drive us apart. to treat and evil. will never succeed. this video appeared online apparently showing the moment police arrested the suspects forty eight year old white male was handed over to officers off to being pinned down by worshippers he's been charged with attempted murder police say that there are no other suspects he saw rally who's in finsbury has more on the incident. many people were in the mosque they were outside the mosque actually taking a break some of them going to eat between prayers because i was off to the prayer was due to finish then the false opens again and people will begin

"> the incident happened at 20 past midnight, by the muslim welfare house on seven sisters road, whichand which also houses another mosque.

according to muslim council that happened nearby the mosque outside the muslim welfare house, the van ran over worshippers, leaving the mosque after midnight ramadan prayers. it also added that their prayers are with those victims, we have been hearing from theresa may, primprime minister's office, she described the crash as a terrible incident, we dean don't have much more, she said my thoughts are with those who have been injured, their loved one and emergency services on seen. london ambulance service saying that injury have been taken to area hospitals, this is unclear if it is terror related, authorities in london are continuing to investigate a possible cause. finsbury park mosque was locks so yeahlong associated with extt ideologies for many years after 9/11 attacks in u.s., but it was then shut down and reorganized. it has not been associated with radical views for more than a decade. before two today, brit app's brs terroror alert was already raisd to severe. it was raised after recent evens, including the similar attack on london bridge this month, a van plowing into pedestr

according to the muslim counsel the collision happened outside the muslim welfare house. police said the van ran over what was likely hundreds of worshipers leaving after midnight ramadan prayers. the prime minister's office says she has been told about the crash and describes it as a terrible incident. the injured have been taken to area hospitals. it's unclear if this is a terror-related incident. but authorities are continuing to investigate a possible cause. it was shut down and reorganized and has not been associated with radical views for a decade. gregg: london's alert risk was raised after recent he excellent including a similar attack on a london bridge three weeks ago. the suspect in that attack went on to stab several bystanders. 8 people in all were killed in that attack, several others were injured. three muslim extremists who carried out the london bridge attacks were killed by london police. it was just days ago when london suffered that horrific tragedy. there you see pictures of that massive inferno that ripped through a 24-story building in north kensing

-- after ramadan prayers had concluded.one witness described the scene:toufik kacimi/ceo, muslim welfare houseing what he did was shouting 'i did my bit' and 'you deserve it' and stuff like this. thanks for our imam...who went quickly and grabbed the guy. the people there was trying to hit and kick the guy, but he saved him, kept him safe until the police arrived."london metropolitan police said a 48- year-old male suspect was arrested at the scene.video and pictures provided to cnn by witnesses show a man being detained and then later arrested by police.met police have not yet released an image of the person they took into custody.prime minister theresa may condemned the attack: theresa may/british prime minister: "it was an attack that, once again, targeted the ordinary and the innocent going about their daily lives. this time - british muslims, as they left the mosque having broken their fast and prayed together at this sacred time of year."extra police officers have been deployed and officials say they are investigating the incident as an act of terrorismneil basu/dept assistant commission

after leaving the mask many people walked towards the muslim welfare house. the van drive at high speed up a bus lane and swerved into a side road, hitting a crowd who were helping an elderly man who had been taken ill. the prime minister, who has been criticised for being slow to meet victims of previous incidents, was on the scene quickly this time, including attending a local multi—faith meeting. the terrible terrorist attack that took place last night was an evil act for out of hatred and it has devastated community. am pleased to be here today to see the strength of that community coming together, all faiths united in one desire, to see extremism and hatred of all source driven out of our society. earlier today the labour leaderjeremy corbyn also visited the area. it lies in his constituency. the stress levels we have met already of people who are out and buy this morning, they are frightened that something like this will happen again and we need efficient and effective policing. we also need an attitude in our society of support for each other. the only

it happened outside the muslim welfare house shortly after midnight.y of the victims had been taking part in evening prayers after breaking the ramadan fast. a group of people had been helping a worshipper who had fallen down just off seven sisters road. that's when a van mounted the pavement and drove into people. bystanders tackled the driver, holding him until police arrived to arrest him. a 47—year—old man — understood by the bbc to be darren osborne from the cardiff area — has been arrested under the terrorism act. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has this report. 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, he 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.

prince charles went to the muslim welfare house in finsbury park, to meet members of the local communitye than a thousand jobs. a planned re—organisation would see the site close in february next year. the call centre operation will move to dundee, where 250 jobs will be created. 0ur wales correspondent, sian lloyd is in cardiff now. 0bviously obviously a bitter blow for people in the area, was this on the cards? no, this announcement came out of the blue. tesco house has been here in cardiff since 1990. it‘s a call centre but also i am told they handle some payroll accounts and financial services from here as well and we understand that this was a shock announcement really for a lot of people who work here. it‘s been described by the unions as devastating blow notjust for the workers but for the wider economy here. tesco have said they want to focus customer services operations on their base in dundee in scotland we re on their base in dundee in scotland were the already employ 900 people and they say they are going to create an extra 250 jobs. we have had a statement from tesco today,

on friday, we were at the muslim welfare house making the case for people to report in anti-muslim hate. we know this area well and it is a mixed area and the mwh caters for the poorest in society. at the mosque we were making clear that reporting in anti-muslim hate is key to tackling anti-muslim hate and sending out a message that it is not acceptable. again, that statement was from the anti-islamophobe i can't charity. i want to bring in someone via skype. i know, dean, this is an incident touching you personally since you are muslim and we talked about the incidents of hate crimes on the rise. we don't know exactly what this is yet. police are saying too early this is a terrorivent and they are working, continuing their investigation. they do have somebody in custody who they believe was the driver of the vehicle who plowed into the pedestrians tonight and people on the scene telling us the pedestrians were people coming from the mosque there, celebrating ramadan prayer. what is your reaction? >> well, it's certainly heart breaking. you have people going to their places of worship.

after the attack on the mosque, many people walked towards the muslim welfare house. that the van drove up a bus lane and swerved into a crowd who were helping an elderly man who had been taken ill. it is a reminder that terrorism, extremism and hatred take many forms, and our determination to tackle them must be the same whoever is responsible. the prime minister, who has been criticised for being slow to meet victims of previous incidents, was on the scene quickly this time, including attending a local multi—faith meeting. earlier today, labour leaderjeremy corbyn visited the area, which lies in his constituency. the stress levels from people that i have met, both last night and this morning, they were frightened, just frightened that something like this could happen again, so we obviously need efficient and effective policing, we need also an attitude in our society of support for each other. the only way to deal with this kind of issue is communities coming together. mr corbyn went on to join local community and religious leaders in a moment of silence following t

know that some people pulled the driver out of the van, and there was a local imam from the muslim welfare housend the corner, close to where it happened, and he appealed to the crowd to become and not to attack or injure the driver of the van who had carried out the attack. he has been telling us more about this at a news conference in time ago. we stopped all forms of attack and abuse coming from every angle. by coincidence, while the people attending to the injured were calling the emergency services, a police van drove past by coincidence, we flagged down, told a situation, a man has mowed down a group of people, he is restrained. there is a mob attempting to hurt him, if you do not take him, god forbid, he may be seriously hurt. so we pushed people away from him. until he was safely taken into custody by the police. put into the back of the van. that's all that we did. it was not me alone — there were a group of brothers, i don't know their names, they were calm and collected. managed to calm people down. and to extinguish any flames of anger, mob rule, that would have taken charge, had thi

-- after ramadan prayers had concluded.one witness described the scene:toufik kacimi/ceo, muslim welfare housee guy after doing what he did was shouting 'i did my bit' and 'you deserve it' and stuff like this. thanks for our imam...who went quickly and grabbed the guy. the people there was trying to hit and kick the guy, but he saved him, kept him safe until the police arrived."london metropolitan police said a 48- year-old male suspect was arrested at the scene.video and pictures provided to cnn by witnesses show a man being detained and then later arrested by police.prime minister theresa may condemned the attack:theresa may/british prime minister: "it was an attack that, once again, targeted the ordinary and the innocent going about their daily lives. this time - british muslims, as they left the mosque having broken their fast and prayed together at this sacred time of year." extra police officers have been deployed and officials say they are investigating the incident as an act of terrorism neil basu/dept assistant commissioner met police: "this is being treated as a terrorist attack and