people from the mosque? what more can you tell us about the area? it s a mix of people really. i was able to spe to a number of them. a lot of the people were just locals. there s a number of mosques in this area. so, when they heard about this incident, many people came from those mosques to see what was going on and there were a few people who were lingering around who were at the scene when it happened. one man that i spoke with who was an eyewitness was escorted from behind the police cordon back outside. he said that he gave police his statement and then talking to him, we were able to get an idea of what happened. he told us that this van careened into a crowd of people after a worship. and talking to this man, he said this is a family mosque. this is a neighborhood mosque. people from around here go and
people who were injured?t those were they all people from the mosque? yes, they re all of them from mosque when they were leaving. did you see how many people were on the ground and may have been injured? well, well, at that time there were four people, and one of them i believe was dead. the rest were badly injured. again, that was rayan, a witness describing the scene of this incident in london shortly after a vehicle plowed into pedestrians. we are now learning it is believed they were worshippers at the mosque in this area. muslim council of britain has also tweeted saying, quote, we have been informed that a van has run over worshippers as they left simsbury park mosque. our prayers are with the victims. and, again, the latest information from the met police saying it s still too early to say if the london collision is a
again from anti-islam charity. this is their statement. on friday, we were at the muslim welfare house making the case for people to report in anti-muslim hate. we know this area well and it is a mixed area and the mwh caters for the poorest in society. at the mosque we were making clear that reporting in anti-muslim hate is key to tackling anti-muslim hate and sending out a message that it is not acceptable. again, that statement was from the anti-islamophobe i can t charity. i want to bring in someone via skype. i know, dean, this is an incident touching you personally since you are muslim and we talked about the incidents of hate crimes on the rise. we don t know exactly what this is yet. police are saying too early this is a terrorivent and they
u.k., arrest them, crack down them if it turns out to be a terrorist act. not saying it is. that makes them, the muslim community there and the rest around feel like we have the same standard. if you re a muslim and you commit a terror attack you ll be treated this way and if you re not a muslim, you will be treated the same way, investigation it will go where it s going to go. police and the people of london searching for answers pursuing that information into exactly what happened this evening. it happened just after midnight where we have learned that a car or van plowed into pedestrians according to police that were leaving a place of worship in the area, a mosque where they were having prayers during this month of ramadan. this is happening on seven sisters road north of central london. reports of a vehicle in
irritation among british law enforcement and british politicians about the leaks that were coming out about the attack coming out of the united states. so, they are very careful about what they say publicly. and the fact that they have said that they don t as yet know the motivation, i don t really take that as necessarily meaning anything because the investigation is late at night, and this is a group of people who are very, very careful about what they say publicly. we are looking at live pictures right now, split screen from different vantage points on the scene. this is, again, in north london in simsbury park near the area where this collision happen, a van hitting pedestrians a little after midnight local time. of course now it s been about three hours that have passed since this incident took place. people are filling the streets looking for answers and trying to understand exactly what