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Suspect named as dad-of-four Darren Osborne

Van ploughs down worshippers on Seven Sisters Road, near Finsbury Park mosque at about 12.20am BST

One man dead and at least 10 injured

A 47-year-old man was detained by members of public at the scene and then arrested by police on suspicion of attempted murder, and further arrested on terror charges

Witnesses said the van struck pedestrians who were tending to an elderly man who had collapsed and later died

Counter terror police investigating the incident - more police drafted in to protect police during Ramadan.

Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the Finsbury Park terror attack as "every bit as sickening" as other recent terrorist attacks

Home Secretary Amber Rudd says police are treating it "as a terrorist incident"

The Muslim Council of Britain called for extra security around mosques

Police raid homes in Cardiff in connection with the attack

The attack took place outside the Muslim Welfare House on Seven Sisters Road - 100 metres away from Finsbury Park Mosque

GETTY•PA•UNIVERSAL Emergency services responding to the scene near the Mosque in Finsbury Park, north London

The man suspected of carrying out the Finsbury Park terror attack has been named as dad-of-four Darren Osbourne. Police confirmed a 47-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning on suspicion of attempted murder. He has been further arrested on terror charges, including the suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism. Scotland Yard confirmed searches are being carried out at a residential address in connection with the attack. In the wake of the attack London mayor Sadiq Khan has said extra police officers will be deployed to protect Muslim communities during the holy month of Ramadan. Imam who stopped violence against terrorist speaks out on Finsbury Park attack

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He issued a statement to reassure those worshipping at mosques following the attack in Finsbury Park, which occurred as people were leaving the building after finishing their prayers. After speaking with the leader of the council Richard Watts, the Met Commissioner, community organisations and Jeremy Corbyn, who is the local MP, he praised the response of the emergency services and called for calm. 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. “The Met have deployed extra police to reassure communities, especially those observing Ramadan.” Mrs May has also pledged to review the security around mosques, particularly in the Eid al-Fitr, the holiest day in the Muslim calendar. Theresa May vows to stamp out Islamophobia as UK has too much tolerance for extremism

She said: "Extra police resources have already been deployed to reassure communities, and the police will continue to assess the security needs of mosques, and provide any additional resources needed, especially during this final week before Eid al-Fitr, a particularly important time for the whole Muslim community.” Home Secretary Amber Rudd said police were treating the attack as a terrorist incident. She said: “Unfortunately we have again woken up to another terrible incident in London.” One man was pronounced dead at the scene and nine people have been taken to three hospitals after a van was driven into pedestrians near a mosque in Finsbury Park. The van driver, described by eyewitnesses as a large white man, was detained by members of the public after the attack in Seven Sisters Road at 12.20am on Monday and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. A video has emerged showing the suspected Finsbury Park mosque terrorist appearing to blow a kiss at onlookers from the back of a police van. Security minster Ben Wallace said the suspect was not known to the security services.

SKY NEWS Commissioner Cressida Dick said the Finsbury Park incident was "quite clearly an attack on Muslims"

PA Theresa May condemned the "sickening" terror attack

One witness described being surrounded by bodies in the wake of the attack outside the Muslim Welfare House, close to Finsbury Park Mosque. Another said the attacker shouted about killing Muslims as he was held by local people. Police confirmed the attack took place as worshippers were leaving the Finsbury Park Mosque and Muslim Welfare House and counter-terrorism officers are investigating the incident. One witness, who wanted to be identified as Abdulrahman, which is not his real name, said he and his friends had stopped to help an elderly man who was lying on the ground.

REUTERS Police arrested the suspected terrorist on suspicion of attempted murder

REUTERS Ten people were injured in the attack near Finsbury Park Mosque

Abdulrahman said: "He wanted to run away and was saying, 'I want to kill Muslims'. “I managed to get him to the ground and me and some other guys managed to hold him until the police arrived, for about 20 minutes I think, until the police arrived. "People were very upset, people were shouting, people were saying, 'where's the police, where's the ambulance?' People were saying, 'keep him on the ground', people were asking questions, saying 'why did you do this?' People were laying down on the floor." Abdulrahman claimed the driver said "kill me", as he was holding his head on the ground.

GETTY A forensics officer searches the van used in the attack

REUTERS Met Police confirmed one man has died

He added: "I said, 'tell me why did you try driving to kill innocent people?' When he went into the police van he made gestures, he was laughing. "He deliberately did this. He caused this incident." Abdulrahman added the incident took place in a matter of seconds. He said: "Literally within a minute, a van with speed turned to where we were and ran over the man who was laying on the floor and the people around him, around eight people or 10 people got injured, some of them seriously.

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TWITTER/ @SHOMRIM Theresa May meets faith leaders in Finsbury Park

“Thank God I'm safe, but my friends got injured." An eyewitness, Ali, 41, told the Express.co.uk: "I saw people on the floor, moaning and groaning." Ilias Hajjaj told the Express.co.uk: "I saw the van from a flat above the road. It ended up hitting a post [bollard] in a little alleyway to the side of the road [Seven Sisters Road]. A body was underneath the van." Neil Basu, counter-terrorism policing senior national co-ordinator, said: “The attack unfolded whilst a man was already receiving first aid from public at scene and sadly that man has died.

“It is too early to say if his death was as a result of this attack.” He said: “The attack unfolded whilst a man was receiving first aid from the public at the scene, sadly, he has died. “Any causative link between his death and the attack will form part of our investigation. “It is too early to state if his death was as a result of the attack.

REUTERS London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Jeremy Corbyn arrive at the scene

AFP GETTY Mohammed Kozbar, leader of Finsbury Park Mosque, made a statement alongside Jeremy Corbyn

“All the victims were from the Muslim community.” He confirmed officers were on the scene within 10 minutes, and the first paramedic arrive within 14 minutes. Mr Basu added: “I would like to praise police officers who immediately gave life saving treatment at the scene, but also members of the public who assisted before and after the incident. “Also at the scene, detained by members of the public, was the man suspected of being the driver.

REUTERS Met Police are treating the attack as a terrorist incident

PA Armed police were called to the scene

“He was arrested by police on suspicion of attempted murder.” Some witnesses at the scene said more than one attacker may have been involved but police chiefs ruled out other suspects at this stage and added there were no reports of knife injuries amid speculation the attacker was armed. Met Police said: "At this early stage of this investigation, no other suspects at the scene have been identified or reported to police, however the investigation continues. "Due to the nature of this incident extra policing resources have been deployed in order to reassure communities, especially those observing Ramadan."

Theresa May chaired a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee to discuss the Finsbury Park attack at 10am, and delivered a statement outside 10 Downing Street afterwards. The Prime Minister condemned the Finsbury Park terror attack as "every bit as sickening" as other recent terrorist outrages. Also in her speech outlining extra security measures, she said: “It was an attack that once again targeted the ordinary and innocent gong about their daily lives. “This time British Muslims as they left a mosque having broken their fast having prayed together at this sacred time of year.

EXPRESS The attack took place outside the Muslim Welfare House near Finsbury Park mosque

REUTERS Police have searched the van which appears to have been rented from from Pontyclun Van Hire

"Today we come together, as we have done before, to condemn this act and to state once again that hatred and evil of this kind will never succeed." Speaking outside Number 10 the PM said extra police have been deployed and said reviews are ongoing around mosque security. Mrs May said: “This was an attack on Muslims near their place of worship… like any form of terrorism it seeks to divide us . . . . we will not let this happen.” She added the attack on Muslims was "every bit as insidious and destructive to our values and our way of life" as the recent string of terror attacks apparently motivated by Islamist extremism, adding: "We will stop at nothing to defeat it."

PA The Muslim Council of Britain has called for extra security around mosques

PA Communities Secretary Sajid Javid meets a member of the local community in Finsbury Park

The Prime Minister arrived at Finsbury Park Mosque shortly after 1pm, where she sat with representatives from a variety of faiths. Mohammed Kozbar, leader of the Finsbury Park Mosque, made a statement this afternoon with Jeremy Corbyn by his side. He said: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the person who died and with all those injured and traumatised by this event. “An attack on one faith is an attack on all faiths and communities.

EPA Armed police patrol Seven Sisters Road

TWITTER A police officer investigating a van at the scene

“Those who try to divide us and who aim to spread fear, hatred and division will not succeed.” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: “I am shocked by this horrific and cruel attack in Finsbury Park, which is being treated as an act of terror. “As the local MP, I have met with Muslim community leaders at the Muslim Welfare House alongside Islington Council leader Richard Watts, the council’s chief executive Lesley Seary and the Metropolitan Police.” Labour's shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, whose Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency lies close to the scene, called for police to review security at mosques.

We have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left Finsbury Park Mosque. Our prayers are with the victims Muslim Council of Britain

She tweeted: "Terror attack outside £FinsburyPark mosque. Police must urgently review security for all mosques £StandTogether." The Muslim Council of Britain tweeted: “We have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left Finsbury Park Mosque. Our prayers are with the victims.” In a statement posted on its website, the Finsbury Park Mosque, which is near the scene of the attack, said it "condemns in the strongest terms a heinous terrorist attack". "The van driver deliberately mowed down Muslim men and women leaving late evening prayers from Finsbury Park Mosque and Muslim Welfare House just after midnight.”

EXPRESS Muslims praying near the scene at Finsbury Park mosque

TWITTER Police responded to the scene at 12.20am

The mosque's chairman, Mohammed Kozbar, described the incident as "a cowardly attack which is no different than the attacks in Manchester and London". "Our community is in shock, our thought and prayer with those who have been affected by this. "We urge all attending mosques and going about their business to remain vigilant in this difficult time." Toufik Kacimi, chief executive of the Muslim Welfare House, said the local community was "horrified" by the incident and appealed for calm.

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He said: "We have worked very hard over decades to build a peaceful and tolerant community here in Finsbury Park and we totally condemn any act of hate that tries to drive our wonderful community apart.” Mr Kacimi said the Muslim Welfare House had met with police, the council and Mr Corbyn, who is MP for Islington North, in the wake of the incident. The Muslim Welfare House is a series of buildings behind tall iron gates, between 200m and 300m from Finsbury Park mosque. Police have praised the people who restrained the suspected attacker. Imam Mohammed Mahmoud was said to have used his body to shield the suspected terrorist, who had been wrestled from his vehicle, from the fury of onlookers.

Mr Kacimi added: “Mohammed Mahmoud, contained the guy - he was very violent. He contained him with two or three other guys and gave him to the police once they arrived. Footage captured on mobile phones at the scene shows the van driver being held on the ground as people call for police. A man can be heard urgently shouting: "No-one touch him - no-one! No-one!" Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said the Finsbury Park incident was "quite clearly an attack on Muslims"

TWITTER Paramedics from London Ambulances have been treating people at the scene

TWITTER/THOMAS VAN HULLE Scenes at Finsbury Park

She said: “This was quite clearly an attack on Muslims who looked like they were probably Muslims and they were coming from a prayer meeting. “We treat this as a terrorist attack and we in the Met are as shocked as anybody at what has happened. We take all forms of hate crime and violent extremism incredibly serious.” Flowers have been laid near Finsbury Park Mosque, while police officers have also arranged bouquets from members of the public inside the cordon. The incident comes less than a month after terrorist Salman Abedi detonated a suicide bomb killing 22 people, including children, after an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena.

REUTERS Police sealed off the scene at Seven Sisters Road

REUTERS Local people observe prayers at Finsbury Park

In the last three months in London five people were killed in the terror attack on Westminster Bridge on March 22 and eight people killed in the London Bridge attack on June 3. During the London Bridge attack three ISIS terrorists drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before rampaging through Borough Market with knives before being shot dead by police. Images from Finsbury Park showed the van appeared to be rented from Pontyclun Van Hire in Pontyclun, near Cardiff. The van hire company said: “We at Pontyclun Van Hire are shocked and saddened by the incident that took place at Finsbury Park last night.

REUTERS Armed police patrol Finsbury Park in the wake of the attack

REUTERS Police cordon off the area