Several Injured After Vehicle Plows Into Crowd Near London Mosque

Nearly a dozen people were injured after a vehicle rammed into pedestrians in north London early Monday. One person at the scene died but it wasnt clear if his death was the result of the attack.
The suspect was identified Monday as 47-year-old Darren Osborne. He lived in the Cardiff, Wales area.
The incident is being investigated as a potential terrorist attack.
The incident occurred near a Muslim community center following evening prayers for Ramadan.

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Authorities say one person is dead and at least 10 are injured after a man drove a vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians near a north London mosque that had just completed evening prayers.

The incident, which occurred shortly after midnight on Monday, is being investigated as a potential terrorist attack. Police said it was too early to determine if the victim, who was already being given first aid at the time of the assault, died because of the attack or of an unrelated issue.

The suspect was identified Monday as Darren Osborne, according to several news outlets. Authorities say the man was detained by members of the public at the scene before his arrest and was later taken to the hospital as a precaution.

Originally from Somerset, the 47-year-old Osborne lived in Cardiff, Wales, with his partner and four children. Ive seen him walking in the street but never spoken to him, neighbor Pauline Tibbs, 48, told The Telegraph. He seemed normal enough .

Nine people had been taken to the hospital, and two people had been treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The incident occurred near the Muslim Welfare House, a community center down the road from several local mosques, according to the U.K.s Muslim Council. The mosques had been holding evening prayers for the holy month of Ramadan and were likely to have hosted hundreds of worshippers over the past week.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said the attack was quite clearly an attack on Muslims.

Cmsr: #London is a city of many faiths and many nationalities. An attack on one community is an attack on all of us.\" #WeStandTogether

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Cmsr: #London is a city of many faiths and many nationalities. An attack on one community is an attack on all of us." #WeStandTogether
Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 19, 2017

A HuffPost UK reporter witnessed police detaining a second person several hours after the collision. Authorities declined to comment on the reason for the arrest.

Cynthia Vanzella, a woman who lives near the scene, told CNN she heard the collision from her home and went to a window to see people desperately trying to make some signs to a police car.

I saw a lot of people injured, she said. They were helping on the pavement and trying to help them to get to the scene.

The gentleman went straight down this road, people were just conversing, talking, just doing what were doing. And he just came into all of us, a witness told the Press Association .

I was shocked, shocked, shocked, he added. There were bodies around me.