The Prime Minister has condemned a terror attack near a London mosque that killed one man and left eight other people in hospital.

Police are searching a house in Cardiff believed to be linked to a 47-year-old man who has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident near the Finsbury Park mosque.

A man reportedly drove a white van into worshippers near a mosque.

The van was from a small firm called Pontyclun Van Hire in south Wales. The company said it is “shocked and saddened” by the “cowardly” attack.

The driver has been named locally as Darren Osbourne.

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The van driver, described by witnesses as a large white man, was detained by members of the public after the attack in Seven Sisters Road at 12.20am on Monday.

One witness described being surrounded by bodies in the wake of the incident outside the Muslim Welfare House.

The victims had been breaking the Ramadan fast after worshipping at nearby Finsbury Park mosque.

Theresa May said: ""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 added that "there has been far too much tolerance of extremism over many years".

"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."