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Locals named Darren Osborne, 47, as the man officers arrested after a van hit several Muslims outside Finsbury Park Mosque in the early hours of this morning.

It has been said he lived in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, around 10 years ago.

Police have also raided an address in Cardiff in connection with the incident, which is being treated as a terror attack.

The van ploughed into people near the mosque in Seven Sisters Road, leaving eight injured.

One man died at the scene, although it has not yet been determined if his death was linked to the attack.

Police said they have arrested a 47-year-old for attempted murder and commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism including murder and attempted murder.

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The white hit crowds after Ramadan prayers.

Armed police swooped on the vehicle, allegedly hired from Wales, shortly after midnight and arrested a 48-year-old man who was tackled by brave passersby.

As the suspect apparently shouted "kill al Muslims" and "I did my bit", heroic onlookers punched, kicked and wrestled him to the ground before armed officers took him into custody around 12.20am.

At least 10 people are thought to be injured and one person was pronounced dead at the scene outside the Muslim Welfare House in the constituency of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Prime Minister Theresa May, who has chaired a Cobra emergency meeting, condemned the incident as "every bit as sickening" as recent atrocities in London and Manchester.

She has met with community leaders, while security minister Ben Wallace has admitted that the suspect was "not known to security services".

Scotland Yard is probing the terror incident just weeks after horrific atrocities in London Bridge and Manchester left Britain reeling.

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism including murder and attempted murder, Scotland Yard later confirmed.

He was taken to hospital and will under go a mental health assessment.

And searches are being carried out at a residential address in Cardiff.

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Shocked eyewitness Abdulrahman Saleh Alamoudi was among selfless bystanders who scrambled to help an elderly man that collapsed at a bus stop.

Speaking to Buzzfeed News, he said: "This big van just came and went all over us.

"I think at least eight or 10 people got injured. Luckily I managed to escape. And then the guy came out of his van and I got him.

"He was screaming, he was saying, 'I'm going to kill all Muslims, I'm going to kill all Muslims'. He was throwing punches.

"Then we managed to get him on the floor. Then he was saying, 'Kill me, kill me'. I said, 'We are not going to kill you. Why did you do that?' He wouldn't say anything."

Muslim Council general secretary Harun Khan said the van deliberately targeted worshippers.

He said: "Shocked and outraged to hear a van has intentionally run over worshippers leaving Ramadan prayers on Seven Sisters Road."

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An emotional Mr Corbyn said: "I'm treating it absolutely as seriously as any other attack.

"This was a van driven into a crowd of people who were tending a man who was already injured and they were coming home from night-time prayers in the mosque.

"It's Ramadan and it's perfectly normal, and eight people have been injured, some of them I understand extremely seriously, and, as I see it, this is a terror on the streets and it's a terror of the people on the streets, in the communities I'm very proud to represent in Parliament, and that's why I'm here today."

Met Police deputy assistant commissioner Neil Basu said the death of a man at the scene may not have been connected to the attack.

In a statement this morning, he praised the way in which the community tackled the suspected attacker in this "incredibly challenging time for London".

He said that eight peopleare being treated for "serious injuries" at three London hospitals while two received first aid for minor injuries at the scene.

He added: "No matter what the motivation for this attack proves to be we are keeping an open mind.

"This is being treated as a terrorist attack and the counter-terrorism command is investigating.

"This was an attack on London and all Londonders and we should all stand together against extremists whatever their cause.

"Given the methodology and given what was occurring and what’s happened across the country this had all the hallmarks of a terrorist incident."

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan confirmed that extra officers will be deployed to mosques and urged people to remain vigilant.

He said: "We don't yet know the full details, but this was clearly a deliberate attack on innocent Londoners, many of whom were finishing prayers during the holy month of Ramadan.

"While this appears to be an attack on a particular community, like the terrible attacks in Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge it is also an assault on all our shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect."

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The leader of Finsbury Park mosque, Mohammed Kozbar described the incident as a terrorist attack.

He said: "Whoever did this, he did it to hurt people and it's a terrorist attack.

"We call it a terrorist attack as we called it in Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge."

Local resident, Cynthia Vanzella told Sky News: "I understood something bad had happened.

"I could see two people on the floor not moving, and people doing cardiac massage on them."

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Hassan Yassin, a minicab driver from Enfield, often prays in the mosque.

The 28-year-old said: “The people I have seen attacked are old people. I saw a video of a man who was knocked off his wheelchair. I believe it was a Somalian man.

“Pavements don’t have any religion. It could have been anyone walking on that pavement – Sikh, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian.

“But he specifically targeted Muslims when they were coming out the night prayer.”

Speaking this morning, police commissioner Cressida Dick said: “London has woken up to the news of another appalling attack on our city.

“There is now an ongoing investigation by our Counter Terrorism Command to establish why this attack was carried out.

“London is a city of many faiths and many nationalities. An attack on one community is an attack on all of us.

“Terrorists will not succeed in their attempts to divide us and make us live in fear.”

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The incident comes after three jihadis ploughed into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing revellers in Borough Market.

Just a week earlier, Manchester bomber Salman Abedi blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert – killing 22 and injuring dozens of others.

Depraved terrorist Khalid Masood also used his car to run down people on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a police officer to death.

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Finsbury Park mosque used to be infamous as the stomping ground of hook-handed hate preacher Abu Hamza.

A number of terrorists were linked to the mosque, including shoebomber Richard Reid, who attempted to detonate explosives on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami in 2001.

It was raided and shut down and later reclaimed by the local Muslim community, who have transformed it into a place which actively promotes better community relations across faiths.