Faith leaders attended a vigil on Monday night after 10 people were injured when a van ran into Muslims who had just left a mosque in London’s Finsbury Park.
London’s Metropolitan Police, who were called to the incident in Seven Sisters Road just after midnight on Monday morning, said the driver of the van was detained by members of the public at the scene and later arrested by police. A 47-year-old man from Wales is being held for terrorism-related offences and attempted murder.
Ten people were reportedly injured in the incident and a man, who had collapsed prior to the attack, later died. Police said inquiries were continuing to “establish whether there is any link between his death and the attack”.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said the attack was “every bit as sickening” as other recent attacks in the UK.
“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 a mosque having broken their fast and prayed together at this sacred time of year,” she said.
Speaking at the vigil on Monday night, the Bishop of Stepney, Rt Rev Adrian Newman, reportedly said “an attack on one faith is an attack on us all”.
