good morning, june 19th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. at least one person is dead, eight others injured after a van ran over muslim worshippers outside a north london mosque. this incident now being treated as an act of terrorism. take a look at the pictures the aftermath taken just after midnight london time. witnesses describing a chaotic scene with people screaming for help from police and medics. at least one person has been arrested. a 48-year-old. a man described as the driver of that van. you see him in this video. he was detained at the scene by members of the public. listen to this witness sayid hashid. he pulled a victim from the vehicle. i suddenly turned right from the mosque. i was shocked, and we were screaming. and he first a woman, an old
welcome back to early star start , i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. in breaking news, one dead, eight others injured after a van ran over muslim worshippers outside a london mosque. it s been treated as an act of terrorism. look at the pictures taken after midnight london time. [ sirens ] witnesses described a chaotic scene with people screaming for help from police and medics. at least one person has been arrested. a 48-year-old man described as the driver of the van. you see him in the video. he was detained at the scene by more of the public. listen on this witness describing the carnage and how he personally pulled the driver of that van out of his vehicle. i suddenly turned right to the mosque. i was shocked, and we were screaming. and he first a woman, old somalian woman, in her 60s, and
somalian woman, in her 60s, and an algerian guy. he drove a bus, hit another three, four, five, six, seven. then the car stopped. we went after him. we managed to get him out of the car. authorities are not saying if muslims were specifically targeted, but london s mayor is calling the incident a horrific terrorist attack. let s go live to london and get the latest from phil black. good morning to you, phil. what are we hearing this morning? reporter: hardshii, dave. yeah, after midnight the white van, according to witnesses, swerved into crowds to of people who were just emerging from a mosque, having observed prayers during this holy season of ramadan. you heard the witness account there. a truly terrifying moment as it plowed through people. that man you heard from was among a few who wrestled the man to the ground and held him there for about ten minutes until the police arrived. now while they were holding him down, he was fighting back, we re told, punching, kicking,